Plant Care Technician I at Planticular Inc. in Long Island, NY

Description
If you have a green thumb and enjoy tending to plants, then consider being a part time plant caretaker. Planticular is looking for people who have advanced level experience with taking care of plants, and want to help make New York greener by making it easy for people to tend to their houseplants. 2-3years experience with plant care minimum required.
https://www.planticular.com/

Essential Duties
The plant care specialist is responsible for:
- tending to plants at a plant owner's home or business. This means watering plants as necessary, reporting on their health status, pruning, providing nutrients, and monitoring for pests.
- answering questions about houseplants for owner's who may not know how to tend to plants
- documenting the plant's health by taking pictures and writing down a description before and after tending to it

- perform plant installation duties and transplants

Job Insights
- This job will involve attending multiple plant locations in New York City, Jersey City, Greenwich, Queens, and Brooklyn, depending on your availability.
- To be considered for this role, you will have to present information about the types of plants you have familiarity with, the number of years you have working with plants, your availability, and character references.

Minimum Qualifications
- Experience in gardening or farming and familiarity with house plants or horticulture. Includes understanding of different lighting conditions, how to repot plants, how to communicate about plant health proactively, and how to anticipate plant care needs.
-Ability to manage a schedule of multiple plant caretaking sites
- Ability to transparently communicate and integrate feedback
- 18 years or older and living in Long Island
- Possess reliable transportation around Long Island
- Use a mobile website to schedule availability and log/input forms on a mobile device
- Be able to lift up to 25lbs, ascend ladders, stand for extended periods of time, travel to different locations on foot, speak with clients and guests, and work both indoors and outdoors

https://www.planticular.com/become-a-caretaker

For questions regarding your application, please email admin @ planticular.com

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary, Contract, Full Time

Pay: $23.00 - $26.00 per hour

Expected hours: 10 – 30 per week

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Please fill out online quiz at https://www.planticular.com/become-a-caretaker (10 mins)

Willingness to travel:

• 100% (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $23.00 - $26.00 per hour

Work Location: On the road