ABEL COLIS
Summary
Team-oriented Landscape Worker with great people skills and in-depth knowledge of lawn care. Builds long-term customer loyalty by completing quality work on grass, shrubs and trees. Prevents accidents and errors through good safety behaviors.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Landscape Worker
Center For Employment Opportunities
Los Angeles
05.2026 - Current
- Led litter removal efforts, improving community aesthetics and promoting environmental health.
- Removed trash from freeway, contributing to safer and cleaner travel conditions.
- Cleared trimmings left by Cal Trans, maintaining landscape integrity and enhancing public spaces.
Furniture Mover
Self-Employed
Rialto
03.2020 - 12.2025
Landscaper
Remarkable Lawncare
Rialto
01.2010 - 02.2020
- Used hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.
- Operated vehicles and powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws.
- Watered lawns, trees, and plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, and watering cans.
- Pruned and trimmed trees, shrubs, and hedges, using shears, pruners, and chainsaws.
- Mixed, sprayed and spread fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides onto grass, shrubs, and trees, using hand and automatic sprayers and spreaders.
- Cared for established lawns through mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, thatch removal, and trimming and edging around flower beds, walks, and walls for enhanced aesthetics and health.
- Followed planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, and plant flowers and foliage.
- Maintained flower beds by trimming flowers and removing debris for aesthetic appeal.
- Attached wires from planted trees to support stakes.
- Planted seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, and shrubs and applied mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
- Mowed and edged lawns, using power mowers and edgers.
- Decorated gardens with stones and plants.
- Used irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
- Provided proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, and other grounds features.
- Maintained irrigation systems to ensure optimal performance by winterizing and spring startup.
- Planned and cultivated lawns and gardens.
- Maintained and repaired tools, equipment, and structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, and benches, using hand and power tools.
- Installed rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage and irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, and playground equipment to enhance landscape functionality and aesthetics.
- Cared for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil had the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses used on the fields.
- Hauled and spread topsoil and spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.
Stocker
Walmart
Puyallup
01.2009 - 06.2009
Education
Certificate of Completion - Professional Development Program
Chrysalis
Los Angeles, CAGeneral Education Degree -
Five Keys School
Huntington Park, CASkills
- Customer service
- Attention to detail
- Task-oriented
- Organization
- Punctuality
- Reliability
- Diligence
- Flexibility
- Fast learning
- Self-motivation
- Teamwork
- Open-mindedness
- Eagerness to learn
- Resourcefulness
- Communication
Timeline
Landscape Worker
Center For Employment Opportunities
05.2026 - Current
Furniture Mover
Self-Employed
03.2020 - 12.2025
Landscaper
Remarkable Lawncare
01.2010 - 02.2020
Stocker
Walmart
01.2009 - 06.2009
Certificate of Completion - Professional Development Program
Chrysalis
General Education Degree -
Five Keys School