Landscaping Laborer position. 9 Temporary, Full-time positions available with Green Scene Landscaping, Inc., from 04/01/2025 to 11/25/2025 at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Phone (989) 772-0430.
Job Duties:
Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Performs a variety of task, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, and instillation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall unit, walks, or water features. The job will require the worker to: gather and remove litter; use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes; operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, skid steers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, pruning saws, or rototillers; water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans; prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws; spray or spread commercial fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders; care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls ; follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage; trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds; attach wires from planted trees to support stakes; plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools; mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers; rake, mulch, and compost leaves; decorate gardens with stones or plants; provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, or other grounds features; haul or spread topsoil or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place; install rock gardens, ponds, water features, retaining walls; dispose of trash or waste materials; trim trees or other vegetation; treat greenery or surfaces with protective substances; maintain equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning; cultivate lawns, turf, or gardens; clean facilities or sites; install equipment to protect or support trees; plant greenery to improve landscape appearance; remove debris from work sites. Workers may be exposed to weather/outdoors, noise, hot/cold temperatures and will need to wear common protective/safety equipment. Workers must have attention to detail and integrity, and be thorough in completing work tasks, cooperative, dependable, responsible, and reliable.
Special Requirements:
Workers will perform physical activities such as lifting, balancing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds.
Terms & Conditions of Employment:
The work schedule is from Monday-Friday 7:00 AM until 4:00 PM. The worker may be offered more than the stated hours per day, depending on weather and other conditions. Extreme heat, cold, rain, or drought may affect exact working hours. Work on Saturdays may be required when necessary. The wage rate is no less than $18.65 per hour with at least 40 hours per week. Overtime hours are available as needed varying from 1-20 hours. Overtime rate of pay is $27.98 per hour.
Availability of On-the-Job Training:
The employer will provide on-site on-the-job training to all workers in the proper use and maintenance of landscaping power tools and equipment. Must report to Supervisor (Landscape Foreman).
Inbound/Outbound Transportation:
The employer will pay in advance or reimburse H-2B workers in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees). For workers outside reasonable commuting distances, inbound transportation (including meals and, to the extent necessary, lodging) to the place of employment will be reimbursed, if the worker completes half of the employment period (“50% period”), if not already paidin full prior to the 50% period. Return transportation and subsistence will be provided or paid for to same worker if the worker completes the employment period, is dismissed early by the employer except where the worker has employment with asubsequent employer, or where the employer has appropriately reported a worker's voluntary abandonment of employment. Transportation payments or reimbursements will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily meals will be provided at a rate of at least $15.88 per day of travel or the current minimum subsistence amount published inthe Federal Register, to a maximum of $59.00 per day or the current maximum amount published in the Federal Register to workers with acceptable receipts. If worker separation is due to voluntary abandonment, the employer will not be responsible for providing or paying return transportation and subsistence expenses of the worker and the worker is not entitled to the full three-quarter period guarantee described above.
Daily Transportation:
Daily transportation to and from the worksite from a centralized designated pick-up location will be offered to foreign and non-local U.S. workers. The worker's use of this transportation is voluntary.
3/4th Guarantee:
The employer guarantees to offer work for a total number of work hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period, beginning with the first work day after the arrival of the worker at the placeof employment and ending on the expiration date specified in this job order or its extension, if any. The employer may include all hours actually worked as well as any hours offered consistent with the job order that a worker chooses to not work, up to the maximum number of daily hours on the job order. If worker separation is due to voluntary abandonment, the employer will not be responsible for providing or paying return transportation and subsistence expenses of the worker and the worker is not entitled to the full three-quarter period guarantee described above.
