| Title |
Arborist Permanent Part-time (Grant funded) |
| Location |
All locations |
| Department |
INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, ADVANCEMENT & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES |
| Days and Hours |
27 hours a week |
| Requisition Number |
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| Job Description |
POSITION GOALS
- Demonstrate and promote a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other woody plants in dendrology and horticulture.
- Ability to work directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Be available to meet weekly with management to discuss landscaping needs.
- Must assess soil and space requirements for new trees.
- Responsible for planting new trees or woody plants.
- Responsible for identifying and treating diseased trees.
- Perform skilled tree maintenance work such as pruning, feeding, watering, bracing, repairing, spraying, fertilizing, removing, and transplanting trees and shrubs.
- Responsible for testing and maintaining soil conditions.
- Responsible for applying specialized tree fertilizers.
- Properly apply pesticides, if necessary.
- All other duties as assigned.
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| Minimum Qualifications |
- Associate Degree in Agronomy Arboriculture or related field; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
- A current license to apply chemical fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, and pesticides.
- Attendance in an apprenticeship program in horticulture preferred.
- Technical knowledge of trees and their growth pattern.
- Technical knowledge of tree pruning, cutting, and spraying equipment and when to use the different techniques.
- Knowledge of different herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, and chemical fertilizers.
- Advanced knowledge of biology and environmental science.
- Knowledge of the common varieties of trees and their structure is necessary.
- Knowledge of methods, practices (including watering of trees), tools, and materials used to care for and maintain trees and shrubs.
- Knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions involved in tree maintenance work.
- Proven work experience as an Arborist.
- Good communication skills.
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| Benefits |
Camden County College offers a benefits package to our permanent part-time employees that includes a retirement plan and short-term disability plan as well as a paid time off policy, which includes paid holiday time. Additional benefits include an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), tuition reimbursement, tuition waiver programs and professional development opportunities.
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| Special Instructions for Applicants |
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| Published Salary Range |
$35 per hour, $33,600 per year for 2 years |
| Job Open Date |
03/20/2024 |
| Job Close Date |
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| Open Until Filled |
No |
| Job Category |
Administrative/Staff |
| Application Types Accepted |
Main App - Applicant |