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Ute Mountain Casino Hotel

50-301 Engineer II

Towaoc, CO

$14.50 - $18/hr

Core Responsibilities Landscape laborers perform tasks essential to creating and maintaining outdoor spaces, including planting trees, shrubs, and flowers, soil preparation, grading, mulching, and ...

Global Machinery

Heavy Equipment Technician

Denver, CO · On-site

... mulching equipment, vacuum excavators, cable pulling and blowing equipment, utility trailers, and overhead pulling and tensioning equipment. You are also responsible for customer service including ...

Evergreen Real Estate

Janitor

Grand Junction, CO · On-site

$14 - $15/hr

Remove snow and apply salt to walkways during winter months. * Assist with seasonal landscaping tasks such as mowing, edging, trimming, weeding, and mulching (if no dedicated Groundskeeper is on-site)

Evergreen Real Estate

Janitor

Craig, CO · On-site

$16 - $17/hr

Remove snow and apply salt to walkways during winter months. * Assist with seasonal landscaping tasks such as mowing, edging, trimming, weeding, and mulching (if no dedicated Groundskeeper is on-site)

EVERGREEN REAL ESTATE SERVICES LLC

Janitor

Craig, CO

$16 - $17/hr

Remove snow and apply salt to walkways during winter months. * Assist with seasonal landscaping tasks such as mowing, edging, trimming, weeding, and mulching (if no dedicated Groundskeeper is on-site)

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What is mulching?

A mulching job involves applying a protective layer of material, such as wood chips, straw, or leaves, to soil surfaces. This process helps retain moisture, suppress weeds, regulate soil temperature, and improve soil health. Mulching is commonly performed in landscaping, gardening, and agricultural settings. Professionals may use specialized equipment like mulchers to spread materials efficiently over large areas.

What are the typical daily responsibilities of mulching?

A typical day in a mulching job involves transporting and spreading mulch around trees, flower beds, and landscaped areas, ensuring even coverage and proper depth for plant health. You may also be responsible for preparing sites by removing weeds, debris, or old mulch, and occasionally assisting with other landscaping tasks. Mulching professionals often work outdoors in various weather conditions, both independently and as part of a landscaping crew. Good teamwork and communication skills are important, as you may need to coordinate with clients or crew members to meet deadlines and achieve desired results.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed for mulching?

To thrive in Mulching, you need knowledge of landscaping techniques, safe equipment operation, and familiarity with various mulching materials, often acquired through on-the-job experience. Experience with tools such as wheelbarrows, mulch blowers, and sometimes small loaders or spreaders is beneficial, although formal certifications are seldom required. Strong attention to detail, physical stamina, and reliability help professionals excel in this role. These skills ensure efficiency, safety, and high-quality results when improving the health and aesthetics of outdoor environments.

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Landscape Laborer

Highlands Landscaping And Fencing

Arvada, CO

$16 - $18/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision

Re-posted 17 days ago

Job description

Landscape Laborer

Who wouldn’t want to work for the #1 residential landscaping company of Denver? Highlands Landscaping started out as a small family-owned company and is now ready to become one of the largest residential landscapers in Metro Denver.

When you work at a company where the General Manager started out as a laborer three years ago and worked his way to the top, you know we mean it when we say we’re preparing you to succeed in more than just your current position. As a full-time landscape foreman, you’ll be trained in all of our products and be able to deliver a quality installation. This position is also the perfect entrance into all other aspects of our business.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Lays Sod
  • Performs Trimming, Planting, and Mulching
  • Lays Rock
  • Installs Retaining Walls
  • Digs, and Rakes Grass and/Ground
  • Performs Sprinkler Installation
  • Drives a Company truck
  • Performs other related duties as assigned by management
  • Employee agrees to wear Highlands Landscaping & Fencing apparel when on the job

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  • Continually required to stand
  • Continually required to walk
  • Occasionally/ required to sit
  • Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
  • Continually required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl
  • Continually required to talk or hear
  • Occasionally required to taste or smell
  • Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions (non-weather)
  • Continually work near moving mechanical parts
  • Occasionally work in precarious places
  • Occasionally work around fumes, airborne particles, or toxic chemicals
  • Continuous exposure to outside weather conditions
  • While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually loud
  • The employee must continually lift and/or move up to 80 pounds
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include: Close vision; Distance vision; Color vision; Peripheral vision; Depth perception and ability to adjust focus

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

BENEFITS:

  • You will earn 5 days of paid vacation time per year for the first three years.
  • After 3 years you will earn 10 days of paid vacation time per year.
  • In the morning we provide coffee, tea, and every Friday have donuts and fruits.
  • After 90 days you are eligible for medical insurance
  • The Company offers supplemental insurance
  • On your birthday you will receive a card and a gift card.
  • You will be provided with uniforms.
  • Company events

JOB TYPE: Full-time

SALARY: $16.00 to $18.00 /hour

Company Description

When you work at a company where the General Manager started out as a laborer three years ago and worked his way to the top, you know we mean it when we say we’re preparing you to succeed in more than just your current position. As a full-time landscape foreman, you’ll be trained in all of our products and be able to deliver a quality installation. This position is also the perfect entrance into all other aspects of our business.