Garden & Grounds Maintenance Specialist

Applytojobs; King; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodations available

Job summary

Dog Tales invites applications for a landscape maintenance crew member to join our in-house horticultural team at King. You will assist others with lawn cutting, plant care, mulching, pruning, and garden bed maintenance across farm, medical, and residential sites.

The ideal candidate is prepared to work outdoors in most weather, enjoy teamwork and independent tasks, and handle pruning tools and garden equipment safely. Accommodation for disabilities is available during recruitment.

Qualifications

• Prior work history in horticultural or landscape services is preferred.
• Ability and willingness to strive to maintain lawns and gardens to a high standard of quality is essential.
• Work actively outdoors full time in most weather conditions.
• Work as part of a team as well as independently on assigned tasks.
• Operate pruning tools and lawn equipment safely.

Responsibilities

• Regular garden bed weeding.
• Mulching.
• Shrub and small tree pruning.
• Planting.
• Handling and application of soils, compost and aggregates.
• Hedge trimming.
• Garden bed edging.
• Care of battery and gas-powered lawn and garden equipment.
• Prior experience with commercial grade grass mowers.

Skills

Teamwork

Outdoor work

Lawn equipment operation

Pruning tools

Soil and compost handling

Tools

Commercial lawn mowers

Battery/gas-powered tools

Job description

Dog Tales invites applications for a landscape maintenance crew member to join our in-house horticultural team at King. You will assist others with lawn cutting, plant care, mulching, pruning, and garden bed maintenance across farm, medical, and residential sites.

The ideal candidate is prepared to work outdoors in most weather, enjoy teamwork and independent tasks, and handle pruning tools and garden equipment safely. Accommodation for disabilities is available during recruitment.