Experienced Lawn Care Spray Technician

Lawn Doctor Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Training & development

Bonus based on performance

Job summary

Lawn Doctor Inc. is seeking an experienced full-time lawn care technician to manage residential lawns in the Clermont/Oakland area and eventually improve the owner’s route.

Initial 2–3 months involve learning the route, customers, our program, products, and equipment with the owner, aiming to grow the route beyond the current standard.

Qualifications

• Lawn spray/application experience required.
• Understand fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides basics.
• Comfort driving a larger spray truck and handling equipment.
• Able to mix/load and troubleshoot basic equipment.
• Willing to obtain GI-BMP certification and pest-control ID card.

Responsibilities

• Manage residential lawns in Clermont/Oakland area.
• For 2–3 months, learn route, customers, program, products, equipment, turf issues, and standards with owner.
• Identify weeds, insects, disease, irrigation problems and turf decline and address them.
• Communicate issues and help fix them.
• Own route and progressively improve its performance.
• Follow safety and equipment maintenance protocols.

Skills

Lawn spray/application

Truck driving

Equipment maintenance

Rate & coverage calculation

Customer communication

Tools

Spray equipment

Spray truck

Job description

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Bonus based on performance

Lawn Doctor is looking for an experienced full-time lawn care technician who takes pride in their work.

This is not a “spray it and move on” job.

You’ll eventually take over our highest-density and most important route, currently run by the owner. We aren't looking for someone to simply maintain it.

We want someone who can make it better.

Who we want

We want someone who does things right even when nobody is watching.

Someone who notices problems, pays attention to details, takes care of their truck and equipment, communicates when something isn't right, and knows when to ask instead of guessing.

You also need to be good with people. Our customers should be happy to see you pull up, and you should genuinely be comfortable talking with them.

We're looking for someone who actually gives a damn about the quality of their work.

The job

You’ll treat residential lawns primarily throughout the Clermont / Oakland area.

For your first 2–3 months, you'll work closely with the owner learning the route, customers, our program, products, equipment, turf issues, and standards.

The goal isn't just to run my route. It's to eventually run it better than I do.

A completed stop isn't enough. We expect you to notice weeds, insects, disease, irrigation problems, declining turf, and anything else that needs attention.

Notice it. Think about it. Communicate it. Help us fix it.

Experience

We are looking for lawn spray/application experience.

You don't need to know every product we use, but you should already understand the basics of fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, what they're generally used for, and proper application methods.

You should be comfortable:

• Driving and operating a larger spray truck.
• Pulling hose and making applications.
• Mixing/loading and working with spray equipment.
• Understanding rates and coverage.
• Handling basic equipment issues.

Mechanical ability is a big plus. Changing a gauge, repairing a hose or fitting, replacing a nozzle, or troubleshooting a simple equipment problem shouldn't scare you.

We aren't starting completely from zero. We'll teach you our program and how we want things done.

You do not need Florida lawn-care credentials before applying. We'll help you obtain the required GI-BMP certification and pest-control ID card.

Pay & opportunity

$19/hour starting base pay plus performance bonus opportunities.

You’ll also earn 10% commission on additional services you recommend that are sold.

Starting in 2027, you'll also have the opportunity to earn up to $10,000 annually in retention bonuses for exceeding our customer-retention baseline.

If you take ownership of your route and make it better, there is real financial upside for doing so.

Non-negotiables

• Valid driver's license and a driving record acceptable to us and our insurance carrier. We pull your Motor Vehicle Record.
• Criminal background check required.
• Drug-free workplace with pre-employment drug testing.
• Able to work outdoors, pull hose, operate equipment, lift about 50 pounds, and work independently.

This probably isn't for you if...

Our day starts around 6:30–6:45 AM and ends when your work is finished. Most days that's before 4:00 PM. Some aren't.

If you're constantly watching the clock, regularly need to leave early, struggle to show up on time, or have somewhere you absolutely need to be every afternoon, this isn't for you.

If you realize you missed something and doing it correctly means driving 20 minutes back, we expect you to go back and finish it.

Your route is your responsibility. Your work gets finished.

This also isn't for you if you rush, avoid customers, do the minimum, ignore problems, guess instead of asking, hide mistakes, or leave your equipment for someone else to deal with.

We don't expect perfection.

We do expect honesty, reliability, attention to detail, improvement, and ownership.

Following directions is part of this job. Consider this the first one.