Assistant gardeners perform landscape maintenance and horticultural care tasks such as pruning, weeding, watering, mulching, and mowing operations; invasive plant and weed management including mechanical, chemical, and other control methods; plant health care including pest and disease scouting, monitoring, and treatments; research plot renovation including assisting with bed preparation, planting, and establishment of new plant material; and the safe operation and maintenance of equipment. Ability to operate equipment related to grounds management functions, including front-end loaders, tractors, and pickup truck mounted snow plows, leaf blowers, riding and push mowers, string trimmers, salt/sand spreaders, snow blowers, and dump trucks.