Various Formats

1. Common Transportation Equipment: You will learn about and use common transportation equipment such as road vehicles like small trucks and UTVs (Utility Task Vehicles) like Kubotas and Toolcats.
2. Driver Authorization: You need to get authorized to drive plated, campus vehicles such as small trucks. During your first week of employment, your orientation team will help you find and complete the authorization process for campus. After approved, you can drive plated, campus vehicles. You will not need Driver Authorization to drive UTVs such as Kubotas and Toolcats.
3. Crew-specific equipment: Your responsibilities and tasks may include learning about and using other specific equipment. Within your first year of employment, we will train you on task-specific equipment you might need. There will be opportunities for refresher training every year.

All FP&M Grounds Employees

No registration needed.

Your Supervisor, Lead Worker, or Technical Trainer will schedule equipment training for you during work time.

As a new Grounds-Horticulture Forestry Specialist Lead, you will also learn about role-specific skills and tasks. Each year, you will also do refresher training with the Forestry crew, to prep for the upcoming season.

A few examples include:

SPRING

• Bed clean-up
• Bed treatment

SUMMER

• Planting/watering
• Mulching

FALL

• Leaf clean-up
• Hedging

WINTER

• Pruning
• Snow removal

Forestry Lead Workers also

• coordinate, organize, and lead large mulching projects.  You will learn more about this project management from your Supervisor.
• work closely with Supervisors, on in-field training, including modeling proper techniques, sharing knowledge, and giving feedback.  You can take a Train the Trainer course to enhance your skills to be an effective trainer for your crew.

No registration needed for your internal job skills training.

Your supervisor and/or Lead will schedule you.

All Grounds employees learn how to plant trees, prune shrubs, spray weeds, and other all- staff job tasks. Everyone has annual refresher training, to prep for upcoming seasons. Training opportunities include in-person equipment training with your Grounds Technical Trainer on staff.

A few examples include:

SPRING

• Bed clean-up
• Bed treatment

SUMMER

• Planting/watering
• Mulching

FALL

• Leaf clean-up
• Hedging

WINTER

• Pruning
• Snow removal

Grounds-Horticulture Forestry Specialists and Leads

No registration needed for your internal job skills training.

Your Supervisor and/or Lead Worker will schedule with you.

All Grounds employees learn how to plant trees, prune shrubs, spray weeds, and other all- staff job tasks. Everyone has annual refresher training, to prep for upcoming seasons. Training opportunities include in-person equipment training with your Grounds Technical Trainer on staff.

As a new Grounds-Horticulture Technician in the Greenhouse, you will also learn about role-specific skills and tasks. Each year, you will also do refresher training with the Greenhouse crew, to prep for the upcoming season. A few examples include:

SPRING

• Planting/Removing Annuals

SUMMER

• Fertilizing Outside
• Bed and Pot Maintenance

FALL

• Propagation by Cuttings
• Pest Scouting and Control

WINTER

• Greenhouse Sowing and Seeding
• Filling Containers/Bumping Up

Format varies
In-person training, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents, and other resources.

Grounds-Horticulture Technician/Greenhouse

No registration needed for your internal job skills training. Your Supervisor and/or Lead Worker will schedule with you.