Title: Landscape Helper
State Role Title: Trades Technician I
Hiring Range: Up to $18.00/hr (Commensurate with Experience)
Pay Band: 1
Agency: Richard Bland College
Location: Richard Bland College
Agency Website: www.rbc.edu
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
Richard Bland College (RBC) is a two-year, residential, liberal arts transfer institution that focuses on preparing students for transfer to highly ranked colleges and universities. The College is a hidden gem located outside the Tri-Cities region—and its rural setting featuring 750+ acres of wetlands, bucolic forest, and the state’s oldest and largest pecan grove.
RBC is pleased to offer an exciting part-time opportunity for a Landscape Helper. This role supports the Facilities Management team by contributing to the enhancement and maintenance of the campus grounds, with a focus on high-visibility and prominent campus areas.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Care for established residence lawn and flower beds by mulching, aerating, weeding, trimming, and edging around flower beds, walks and walls
• Assist the Grounds Department in preparing terrain, applying fertilizers, seeding lawns, transplanting shrubs and plants, using manual and power-operated equipment
• Provide lawn care by using hand, power or riding mower and edger to trim around walks, flower beds and walls
• Trim flowers and keep flower beds clean and weed-free
• Landscape by planting seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, shrubs, and trees
• Rake, mulch, prune and trim trees, shrubs, and hedges using shears, pruners, or chainsaw
• Water lawn, trees, and plants using portable sprinkler system, hoses or watering cans
• Haul and spread mulch, topsoil, and straw to hold soil in place
• Rake, sweep, and use a garden hose, and remove litter
• Provide proper upkeep of walkways, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, and other grounds features, including outdoor lawn furniture
• Assist with shoveling snow from walkways, driveways, parking lots, and spread salt in essential areas
• Provide preventative maintenance and performs minor repairs on lawn care equipment and college- owned vehicles
• Report problems with equipment immediately to the supervisor
• Perform other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
~Considerable landscaping experience
~High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent
~Valid Driver's License
~Ability to use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes
~Ability to operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, chainsaws, electric clippers, and electric pruning saws
~Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
~Ability to bend, pull, push, stoop, and stand for long periods of time
~Ability to perform duties in various weather conditions
Additional Considerations
Associate's Degree or coursework related to horticulture
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE IS AN AA/EEO EMPLOYER – Richard Bland College is an equal opportunity institution providing educational and employment opportunities, programs, services, and activities. In keeping with this policy, the College does not discriminate and makes no distinction in the admission of students, nor in any other of its official activities, based on race, color, national origin (ancestry), religion (creed), age, military service or veteran status, marital status, parental status, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity or expression), sexual orientation, family medical history or genetic information, disability, any other status protected by law, or any other non-merit based factors. The college also prohibits sexual misconduct including sexual violence or harassment. All standards and policies governing college employment and student employment, recruitment, admissions, financial aid, and support programs are applied accordingly.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities act (ADA), RBC will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing and selection processes.
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS: Final candidates are subject to a background investigation. The investigation may include: local agency checks; criminal record check; driving record; employment verification; verification of education; and other checks requested by the hiring authority related to the position.
LAYOFF POLICY: If you are a classified employee and have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.3 Layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must attach a copy of the card with your application prior to the job posting closing date.
ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS ONLY: A fully completed state application or résumé must be submitted for this position electronically through this website. Unfortunately, RBC cannot accept mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and résumés. This website will provide a confirmation of receipt when the application is submitted for consideration. You have not completed the process until you receive a confirmation number.
ANNUAL FIRE AND SECURITY NOTIFICATION: The Annual Fire and Security Report(s) include campus security information, campus fire statistics, safety procedures, and provides statistics for criminal and disciplinary offenses. The report(s) are provided annually in compliance with the Clery Act and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). Richard Bland College Annual Safety and Security report and the Annual Fire Safety report is available at: https://www.rbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-Annual-Campus-Security-and-Fire-Safety-Report.pdf . A hard copy of the Annual Security and Fire Safety reports and/or a copy of the Criminal Incident and Fire Incident Logs are maintained at the Department of Campus Safety & Police and will be provided upon request.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: For full-time teaching faculty positions and adjunct faculty (part-time teaching faculty), applicants must submit a cover letter specifying their interested teaching discipline and statement of teaching philosophy, their schedule availability, résumé/curriculum vitaé , all unofficial transcripts, and a list of three (3) professional references. Please note: official transcripts are required on the first day of employment for all teaching faculty positions at RBC.
For administrative and professional faculty positions the cover letter, résumé, all unofficial transcripts and a list of three (3) professional references are required. Official transcripts are also required on the first day of employment for administrative and professional faculty positions at RBC.
IN COMPLIANCE WITH EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LAWS: Employees or prospective employees who believe they have witnessed or experienced discriminatory conditions or discriminatory acts related to RBC employment practices or inaccessible conditions should present their concerns to:
Chief Business Officer
Richard Bland College
Physical Address: Pecan Hall, Second Floor, 11301 Johnson Road, South Prince George, VA 23805
Telephone: (804)862-6100, extension 8603
Email: ssokol@rbc.edu
IN COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE IX: Employees, prospective employees, student workers, or prospective student workers who believe they have witnessed or experienced discriminatory conditions or discriminatory acts related to RBC employment practices or inaccessible conditions that are inclusive of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, sexual harassment should present their concerns to either of the following:
Title IX Coordinator
Richard Bland College
Physical Address: Maze Hall, 11301 Johnson Road, South Prince George, VA 23805
titleix@rbc.edu | 804-862-6100
Or,
Department of Education
Office of Civil Rights
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20202-1100
www.ed.gov
Contact Information
Name: Richard Bland College - Office of Human Resources
Phone: 8048626100
Email: rbchr@rbc.edu
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.
Contact Information
Name: Richard Bland College - Office of Human Resources
Phone: 8048626100
Email: rbchr@rbc.edu
Contact Information
Name: Richard Bland College - Office of Human Resources
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In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.