Experience

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  OUTDOOR TRANSFORMATIONS

  • Grimes, IA

  • Landscape Intern

    • Mar 2017 - Present
    • Grimes, IA

    This job involves getting hands on work with clients, ordering plants, designing projects, and working on the crews.

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  Menards Store

  • Ankeny, Iowa

  • Sales/Guest Services

    • Aug 2015 - Mar 2017
    • Ankeny, Iowa

    • Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.• Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.• Estimate quantity and cost of merchandise required, such as paint or floor covering.• Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.

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  A Plus Lawn and Landscape

  • Des Moines, Iowa Area

  • Summer Internship

    • Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
    • Des Moines, Iowa Area

    • Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.• Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment.• Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.• Provide information and advice to the public regarding the selection, purchase, and care of products.• Maintain inventory, ordering materials as required.

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  Eagle Grove Greenhouse

  • Eagle Grove, IA

  • Landscape Crew Member

    • May 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Eagle Grove, IA

    • Fill growing tanks with water.• Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs.• Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.• Haul or spread topsoil or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.