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Job title:		Tree and Shrub Health Care Intern

Job location:		Norwalk, CT 06854 United States

Requisition code:

Date posted:		04/14/10

Job type:		Full-Time

Compensation:		Commensurate with education and experience.

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Job Category:		Arboriculture Estate Gardeners/Gardeners Landscape
Location:		Connecticut

Job Description

Job description:

Green Cross is a well-established tree and shrub health care company operating in southwestern Connecticut and southern New York. We are in the enviable position of being in the most lucrative segment of our industry and in one of the strongest regional economies in the country. This allows us to make a good living working outdoors practicing progressive, ecologically-enlightened, tree and shrub health care. We are looking for talented tree and shrub health care interns.

Working at Green Cross is a very unique learning opportunity. Kent Pierce, the company owner, is a faculty member at The New York Botanical Garden, an instructor for the Northeast Organic Farmers Association in their Accredited Organic Land Care Professional program, an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, and a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and Enviromental Studies. Accordingly, Green Cross is very much on the cutting edge of science based organic and least toxic means tree and shrub care.

Successful interns may be offered full time, year round, employment with generous benefits.

Job Requirements

Education, training, experience:

Skills conducive to success in tree and shrub health care:
·Good woody plant identification skills, personal skills and communication skills.
·Prior knowledge of entomology, plant pathology, plant ecology and soil science is preferred but can be learned through our training.
Education and Experience:
·A bachelor's degree, or enrollment in a bachelor's degree program, is required.
·A variety of backgrounds are appropriate including arboriculture, entomology, retail or wholesale nursery, landscape design, forestry and outdoor or environmental education.

Interested applicants please submit resume, with salary requirements, by email to:
kent(dot)pierce@greenx(dot)com

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