Seasonal Gardener

Full Job Description

The primary purpose of the position is to provide proper care and maintenance for lawns, flowers, shrubs, and trees.

The incumbent will perform this gardener work based upon seasonal schedules or project plans for the area, suitability of the weather, degree of moisture in the soil, and the stage of plant growth.

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT) Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc.

(other than blueprints) Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Dexterity and Safety Knowledge of materials Technical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic) Use of Measuring Instruments SCREEN OUT Minimum Qualifications: Ability to perform intermediate level Gardner duties associated with trades appropriate to this position without more than normal supervision.

Knowledge of and ability to do routine Maintenance such as checking oil levels, water levels, lights, tires and other related equipment.

These duties include safe operation of field-type tractors over uneven ground such as open fields, banks, ditches, lawns, hills and roadsides; connect various attachments such as blades, harrows, trailers, and brush hogs.

Perform routine operator maintenance to include lubricating the equipment and checking and replenishing fluids to proper levels.

Applied pesticides, fertilizers on my own lawns and pruned trees, shrubs and hedges on my own property.

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration.

In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job.

Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone.

Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection.

Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.

Major Duties:

The incumbent will provide proper care and maintenance of established landscapes that include, but is not limited to; park lawns, flowers, shrubs, and trees by mowing, weed-eating, trimming/pruning hedges and shrubs, edge lawns.

etc.

The duties of this position will include, but are not limited to; transplanting trees, determining quantities of plants, seeds, and other materials needed for proper preparation and growth; select/spray areas with approved herbicides, fungicides and insecticides to control plant diseases as well as maintain areas with appropriate fertilization methods to ensure healthy growth, have knowledge of plant and gardening procedures and standard methods of use, and technical knowledge of chemicals and amounts for proper use, and possess knowledge of the use of farm-type equipment with attachments as well as hand and power equipment used to maintain landscapes.

Cut-off Dates: This is an open continuous announcement, in which applications are collected over several months, and have multiple cut-off dates.

Applications received by the initial cutoff date will be considered first.

**INITIAL CUT OFF is Monday January 12, 2026** Applications will be considered throughout the open period of the announcement however additional referral certificates will only be issued when a hiring official exhausts current certificate and/or additional vacancies need to be filled.

For more information about this park please visit: Hot Springs National Park