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UW Display Garden Apprenticeship
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Job Description
- Req#: 508525
Department Overview:
West Madison Ag Research Station Anticipated Start Date:
May 19, 2025 Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):
August 9, 2025 Remote Work Eligibility Detail:
Not Remote
Anticipated Hours Per Week:
Minimum: 30 Maximum: 40 Schedule:
Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30 pm daily Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:
Minimum: $15.00 Maximum: $16.00 Number of Positions:
2 Qualifications:
Applicants must be a current/continuing student and should have background in plant science, or horticultural related field-experience and willing to work hard every day.
Student will be expected to be reliable and dependable and take initiative with the establishment and maintenance of the display garden. This includes annual and perennial flower programs, data collection and trial management on several vegetable species, assist with wine and table grape research and canopy management, and overall aesthetic upkeep of the grounds.Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Student will also develop skills for maintaining a public garden including increasing public awareness/provide updates of the gardens on social media, maintain signage, answer visitor’s questions, provide garden tours to groups, and participate in field day activities.
Position Summary/Job Duties:
Daily work is physically demanding and includes general garden maintenance: planting of annuals and perennials, weeding, dead-heading, irrigating, training and thinning plants, mulching, and more weeding. Positions require the ability to use, or learn to use, garden tillers, lawn mowers, and small motorized vehicles. Student receives training on growing vegetable and ornamental plants and gains experience with different irrigation systems.
Physical Demands:
Daily work is physically demanding and includes general garden maintenance: planting of annuals and perennials, weeding, dead-heading, irrigating, training and thinning plants, mulching, and more weeding.
Institutional Statements:
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu
Accommodation Statement:
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
About the company
The University of Wisconsin is a top-ranked research institution located in Madison, Wisconsin, providing exceptional education opportunities to undergraduates, graduate and professional students.