Ground Person

Job description

The Ground Person uses chainsaws weighing 15 pounds or less to cut up larger limbs and stumps of larger trees. The set-up of equipment includes placing traffic control signs, and traffic cones, as well as retrieving and carrying tools and equipment such as pruner poles, chainsaws, ropes, rakes, saddles and leaf blowers. Additional equipment set up includes setting up a brush chipper on level stable ground and chocking the wheels to ensure it will not move during operation. The Ground Person duties include ground-level trimming and pruning of trees using hand or power tools or equipment. Ground Persons assist the Tree Trimmer/ Climber in removal of vegetation through the pruning of trees to smaller branches that can be reached from the ground.

Maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: trimming, raking, clean up of limbs and leaves, shredding of larger tree branches, set up of equipment.

Special Requirements

Must lift/carry 50 lbs., when necessary. Saturday and Sunday work required, when necessary. Employer-paid drug testing required of foreign and domestic workers prior to commencing work and post-hire at random, upon suspicion of use, and post-accident. Post-hire background check and employment eligibility (e-Verify) check required of foreign and domestic workers. Employer may offer more than the stated work hours depending on weather, business needs, and other conditions. Extreme heat, cold, rain, or drought may affect exact working hours.