Job description:

  • Field work including plant identification, tabulation of plant material for replacement, GPS mapping for landscape plans, and flagging for landscape work.
  • Remove trunk protectors  and do minimal hand pruning on recently finished planting projects
  • Photograph plant material for updating the Plant Profiler
  • Learning the fundamentals of CAD file production for Roadside Development Plans
  • Working with the Living Roadway Trust Fund & their publication mailings
  • Preparing tabulations/spreadsheets & updating all Fiscal Year landscaping charts in Excel
  • Archiving Roadside Development Plans and DOT/DNR Tree Planting Projects
  • Developing a familiarity of the programs related to the Roadside Development Section including Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management (IRVM), Iowa’s Living Roadways Trust Fund (LRTF), the DOT/DNR Fund, and other programs we participate in.

Duration: May-December; 40 hours/week

Eligible majors: 

Landscape Architecture: must have completed LA 221-Native Plants and LA 222-Introduced Plants

Horticulture: Must have completed one of the following: HORT 240 - Trees, shrubs and woody plants; HORT 341 - Woody Cultivars; HORT 475 – Urban forestry or FOR 475 - Urban forestry

# positions available: 1

Salary starting at $16.60/hr.

Supervisor: Seana Godbold (seana.godbold@iowadot.us)

 

 


We are an equal opportunity employer.
Qualified minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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