Arborist Trainee

The Arborist Trainee assists in the daily maintenance of Colonial Williamsburg trees and performs landscape tasks in accordance with department standards.

Requirements

• Works in a safe manner at all times to protect self, coworkers, the public, guests and property.
• Performs all arboricultural practices and clean-up work in a safe and professional manner, including rigging, pruning, take down, cabling, bracing, lightening protection, stump removal, aeration, fertilization, injection and other related duties.
• Operates and maintains all hand and powered equipment normally used in the tree care and landscape industry, such as, but not limited to saws, chippers, drills, blowers, etc.
• Ability to operate and maintain large equipment such as dump trucks, front end loaders, forklifts, bucket trucks, tractors, snow plows, and similar machinery.
• Demonstrates a general knowledge of tree identification and cultural requirements, and ability to recognize common disease symptoms and structural defects.
• Participates in seminars or other Colonial Williamsburg sponsored educational programs related to tree care.
• Assists in support operations for landscape and other departments.
• Performs other landscape maintenance duties as required.
• Ability to interact positively with the public; to answer questions and represent the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.