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Waterwise Land And Waterscapes, Inc. Landscape Laborer in Fort Collins, Colorado
Position Title: Landscape Laborer
Name of Employer: Waterwise Landscapes Inc.
Positions Available: 8
Location of Employment: 1930 N Whitcomb St, Fort Collins, CO 80524 (Larimer County)
Light travel, employer provides transportation. Most job sites located in Larimer County, may have one or two job sites in Weld County.
Position Duties: Perform various Landscape Improvement activities, including but not limited to: grading land, moving soil/gravel/rock with loader or wheelbarrow, placing stones/cobble/mulch, planting plants and trees, installing irrigation parts and sprinkler parts, trimming plants and trees, mowing turf and grass areas, raking leaves, cleaning decorative fountains, laying stone for patios, walls and pathways, building planter boxes, fences, pergolas, railings, steps. Snow removal from sidewalks and parking lots as applicable.
Ability to obtain driver's license preferred. Machinery operation training preferred.
3 months experience required in Landscaping and/or building construction.
Rate of Pay: $20.33/hour + DOE (The employer will pay or exceed the prevailing wage, as determined by the US Dept of Labor.)
Possible bonus. Possible hourly raise.
Hours per Week: 40 (OT is possible, to be paid at $30.50/hour + DOE)
HOUSING: Optional housing provided at $265/month in Fort Collins, Colorado. If accepted, employee may pay employer directly or may elect to have housing deducted from paycheck.
Start Date: 04/01/2024 End Date: 11/30/2024
Hours per Week: 40
Work hours: 8AM - 4:30PM. Work week is Monday - Sunday. Work may be performed on any day of the week from Monday through Sunday, including holidays. Days off vary.
A single workweek will be used to compute wages due. Workers will be paid every week by check. All deductions from the worker's paycheck required by law will be made.
No min education or training is required. On-the-job training is provided.
Transportation (including meals and, to the extent necessary, lodging) to the place of employment will be provided, or its cost to workers reimbursed, by check separate from payroll, if the worker completes half the employment period. Return transportation will be provided if the worker completes the employment period or is dismissed early by the employer. In other words, if the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work by check separate from payroll. Upon completion of the work contract period, or where the employee is dismissed earlier, the employer will provide or pay for the worker reasonable cost of return transportation and subsistence back home or the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of $15.46 per day during travel to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts. The employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period. H-2B workers will be reimbursed in the first work week for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees). The employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the job.
Apply for the job at the nearest SWA at the Larimer County Workforce Center at 418 East 4th Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537: or contact employer directly: Waterwise Landscapes Inc., attn.: Kristin Crawford, 1930 Whitcomb St, Fort Collins, CO 80524 or email accounting@waterwiselandscapes.com or call 970-221-4051