The Commercial Grounds Maintenance (CGM) Foreman in Training is a hands-on landscaping position assisting with 
supervision of a year-round crew with commercial landscaping maintenance services, as well as learning to perform
specific planning, administrative, and regulatory functions.

Foreman in Training, F.I.T., Responsibilities Included but Not Limited To:
• Mowing, raking, digging, and weeding of commercial property landscapes.
• Load and unload heavy equipment and planting materials from trucks.
• Learn to schedule and manage daily workloads.
• Learn to plan, coordinate, and collect equipment and job materials daily.
• Attend and participate in crew and department general and safety meetings.
• Learn to prepare timesheets and other daily paperwork as the company requires.
• Safe driving of company-owned vehicles, trucks (with or without trailers), and transporting crew members.
• Maintain on-site relations and communications with clients, contractors and/or subcontractors.
• Learn to monitor and maintain irrigation controllers (changing times, replacing heads)

Training on safe operation and maintenance for the following landscaping equipment:
• Mowers - Push, walk behind and ride.
• Tillers, aerators, and slit seeders
• Edgers, string trimmers and chain saws
• Backpack blowers and sprayers.
• Hand tools such as shovels, picks, rakes and pruning tools.
• On occasion wheel tractors

Pay
• $16 - $18 hourly wage
• Health Insurance w/ Vision & Dental Options
• Annual PTO
• 401K 

Note

Providing the candidate meets the proper qualifications and ambitious work ethic.
• If this is not the right opportunity for you, then please check out our available positions with Branches 
across the Southeast, including North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
• Bland Landscaping Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants 
for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, 
religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation.

*Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on a routine basis

            *Ability to bend and stoop on a continual basis

            *Ability to work outside in all weather conditions

            *Ability to work around bees, poison ivy, pollen, thorns and other environmental risks

            *Must wear work boots, Bland landscaping uniforms and present yourself in a clean and polite manner

            *Must practice safety with chemicals and equipment

            *Must wear company-provided eye and ear protection as required

            *Must have good communication skills and ability to motivate others

            *Must be willing to obtain NC pesticide applicator’s license

            *Valid NC Driver’s license and good driving record preferred

            * Must be able to pass a criminal background check

            *Must comply with Bland’s policies and procedures