As a participant in the Pathways Recent Graduates Program, you will receive both formal and on-the-job training to develop the required knowledge and skill to successfully perform the duties of the position. Those duties will include:
- Assists with the design, care, maintenance and interpretation of the gardens located on Smithsonian grounds in the Washington DC metro area.
- Assists in designing garden spaces and landscapes that utilize unique, underused, or new plant material to engage visitors, differentiate Smithsonian Gardens from other public gardens, and provide year-round interest.
- Operates a wide variety of equipment including skid steers, forklifts, snow plows, snow blowers, utility vehicles, leaf vacuums/blowers, string trimmers, hedge shears, rototillers, mowers, chainsaws, etc. to complete assignments. Participates in SI-wide snow removal program, working as a team member to assure safe access to all museums, support facilities and parking lots.
- Provides educational programs to wide ranging audiences including SI staff and coworkers, volunteers, interns, industry professionals and the public. Presents lectures and gives tours. Recruits and works with volunteers and interns, generating projects which will further Smithsonian Gardens’ mission. Writes articles for SG and SI newsletters and/or industry publications, and develops interpretive materials for the gardens and garden programs.
Qualifications:
You must meet these Basic Education Requirements (Individual Occupational Requirements):
Degree: horticulture; or a related discipline of basic plant science that included at least 30 semester hours in the basic plant sciences, of which at least 16 semester hours were in horticultural subjects such as those dealing with the breeding, care, management, production, and post harvest handling of horticultural crops.
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Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in horticulture or a related discipline of basic plant science that included course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Evaluation of Education: Courses in botany, plant physiology, plant taxonomy, plant pathology, genetics, agronomy, horticulture, and similar courses may be used to meet the 30-semester-hour requirement in basic plant sciences.
The 16-semester-hour requirement in horticulture includes course work in basic horticulture and course work related to any of the recognized subject-matter fields of horticulture, i.e., fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, nursery work, seed production, or course work in related areas of science, such as micro-biology, entomology, plant pathology, plant physiology, or genetics that is directly related to horticultural work.
Job Posting: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/495984000
Deadline: April 20th, 2018