Gardener
Job Details
Gardener
Pasadena City College
Salary: $4,356.47 - $4,803.02 Monthly CSEA-35
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 10023
Location: 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA
Department: Business & Administrative Services
Closing: 2026-07-10
Join Our Team at Pasadena City College!
Gardener - Multiple Positions
Competitive pay: $4,356.47 - $4,803.02 per month
Retirement: CalPERS
Paid Time Off: 20 paid holidays, 12 vacation days (to start), 12 sick days
Health and Wellness: Full medical, dental & vision coverage. No out-of-pocket cost.
Possible Schedule based on business needs:
- Tuesday - Saturday 5:00 am - 1:30 pm (weekend work premium of +1% on base salary)
Why You'll Love This Job
- Work outdoors in a beautiful campus setting.
- Enjoy stability with CalPERS retirement and excellent benefits.
- Be part of a team that keeps Pasadena City College safe, welcoming, and thriving.
What You'll Do:
- Plant, prune, cultivate, and maintain trees, shrubs, flowers, turf, and groundcovers.
- Keep lawns and outdoor spaces looking sharp: mowing, edging, trimming, raking, sweeping.
- Prepare soil, apply fertilizers, and manage pests and weeds responsibly.
- Operate and maintain landscaping equipment (mowers, blowers, sweepers, irrigation systems).
- Power wash, clean concrete surfaces, and help maintain athletic fields and event areas.
- Follow safety procedures and ensure equipment and chemicals are handled properly.
- Minor irrigation repairs
What We're Looking For:
- Hands-on experience in landscaping, gardening, or grounds maintenance.
- Knowledge of plants, soil, watering, and pest control.
- Comfort using hand and power tools for grounds work.
- Physical ability to work outdoors year-round, lift, bend, and kneel.
- A detail-oriented, dependable team player who takes pride in their work.
Minimum Qualifications:
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be completion of a course in gardening methods or some paid or unpaid experience in maintaining lawns and shrubs.
Desirable Qualifications:
Experience in planting, weeding, cultivating, and maintaining plants for several seasons.
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