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HORTICULTURAL ATTENDANT (RAYVILLE)
Salary
$2,784.00 - $5,009.00 Monthly
Location
Rayville, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
DVA181679-HORT-08142023
Department
DVA-Department of Veterans' Affairs
Opening Date
08/15/2023
Closing Date
Continuous
Supplemental Information
The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
The Horticultural Attendant will perform job duties which include but are not limited to operating a zero-turn lawn mower and a weed eater; maintaining shrubbery, trees, and flower beds; maintaining an irrigation system; burying caskets and urns; and setting grave markers. The incumbent must be able to lift 50 pounds and work outside.
This position is located in Rayville, LA at the Louisiana Veterans Cemetery
The starting pay for this position is $16.06 with a PREMIUM PAY (per HOUR physically worked) of $2.00.
A Resume will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed.
There is no guarantee that all applicants will be interviewed. The hiring manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be notified by the contact information listed on your application.
Testing Information
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
Disqualification
While we encourage all interested applicants to apply, please be aware that there are various reasons that your application may be disqualified from consideration including, but not limited, to:
Failure to fully complete the education and work experience sections of the application; (Please note for the education section that the semester area refers to the # of credit HOURS and not the # of semesters you completed)
Submission of a resume and/or SF-10 application in lieu of the online application. Information on the resume will not substitute and must also be included on the actual job application in order to be considered.
Failure to list complete license information (if applicable to the job position).
Failure to submit an equivalency evaluation statement for an international degree by the closing of this announcement.
For Further Information About This Vacancy Contact
Torin McClanahan
Human Resources Analyst
[email protected]
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
One year of experience in any of the following: farming, the care and maintenance of trees and shrubs, or groundskeeping.
Substitutions
College training will substitute for the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience provided that six semester hours of each thirty is in any of the following fields: botany, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, agronomy, forestry, turf management, landscape management or landscape architecture.
Vocational training in the care and maintenance of trees and shrubs will substitute for the required experience on a month for month basis.
Note
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function Of Work
To propagate plants, record data, arrange plant displays, prepare and apply pesticides, prepare classroom materials, and supervise student assistants. To perform work of a skilled nature to maintain grounds around state buildings and institutions.
Level Of Work
Experienced.
Supervision Received
Direct from Horticultural Attendant Foreman, Horticulturist, or other higher level supervisor.
Supervision Exercised
May exercise functional supervision over student workers, laborers, inmates, and patients.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions
Differs from Horticultural Attendant Leader by absence of regular leadworker responsibilities.
Differs from Tree Specialist by absence of responsibility for trimming trees at considerable heights.
Examples of Work
Performs diversified and skilled work in care of plants, vegetation, trees, and grounds of an agency.
Prunes and trims trees and shrubs as needed or on a seasonal basis.
Performs any related duties necessary for the growth and appearance of trees, plants, and vegetation.
Propagates, cultivates, fertilizes, disbuds, and schedules foliage, vegetable, horticultural, florist, and woody ornamental crops.
Monitors and adjusts environmental control system for plant structures.
Monitors pest activity; schedules, prepares, and applies pesticides, and calibrates pesticide applicators.
Records data on crop development, yields, and environment.
Gives direction to student workers; checks quality and quantity of student work.
Schedules, selects, prepares, delivers, and arranges plant material for university functions.
Prepares materials and aids in supervision of student laboratory exercises.
Maintains inventory of supplies and tools, including preparing material orders.
Operates and maintains, through minor repairs, common horticultural machines and irrigation systems.
Assists Horticulturist in greenhouse and small nursery management.
Grows and maintains houseplants for use in state offices.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
Benefits
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- Good Friday,
- Memorial Day,
- Labor Day,
- Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
- New Year's Day
- Veteran's Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Independence Day,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To)
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries.
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
Agency
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
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