Ability to carry out treatment and maintenance of cultural landscapes in a manner which protects bother cultural and natural resource values. Ability to carry out treatment and maintenance recommendations in a manner which mitigate impacts to historic landscapes and protect both cultural and natural landscape resources. Ability to effectively accomplish field inspections, prepare condition assessment reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates to support landscape preservation maintenance. Ability to work accurately from blueprints, sketches, shop lists, and written and oral instructions to procure supplies, materials and equipment for project work. Ability to field identify or coordinate professional assistance for taxonomic verification of plant identification.
Work is performed with little direct supervision and with oral and written instructions.
Preservation Skills A. Sources of information A. Journeyman level skills B. Implement landscape preservation program C. Implement condition assessment program D. Project work documentation Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Ability to identify, locate and access sources of additional information and expertise related to historic landscape management, preservation horticulture, landscape preservation and related disciplines, Knowledge of historic designed landscapes, gardens, plantings including vistas. Ability to apply policies, standards, and guidelines in prescribing treatment and preservation maintenance of historic properties, particularly their application historic biotic and structural features of cultural landscapes. Journeyman level knowledge of landscape horticulture, arboriculture, turf management, plant identification, integrated pest management and landscape construction procedures. Ability to develop, refine and implement a landscape preservation maintenance program which addresses site specific routine and cyclic maintenance issues.