general labourer - landscaping

Excavation Bergedac; Lévis; Sur place; CAD 32 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Excavation Bergedac in Lévis, Canada is looking for a landscape assistant to help with landscape constructions, plant tying, weed control, and soil/topsoil handling on site. The role involves operating and maintaining landscape maintenance equipment, cleaning work areas, and tending to plants, lawns and gardens across various locations and sites such as parks and municipal projects.

Applicants should have 1 year to less than 2 years of experience, be comfortable working outdoors in all weather,

Qualifications

• 1 year to less than 2 years of landscape or lawn maintenance experience.
• Ability to work on site at physical locations with outdoor conditions.
• English or French language ability.

Responsabilités

• Assist with landscape constructions
• Tie and secure plants
• Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
• Rake and collect refuse
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
• Repair and maintain equipment
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and gardens
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment

Formation

No degree, certificate or diploma

Outils

Pick-up truck

Small engine equipment

Description du poste

• Repetitive tasks

Overview

Languages

English or French

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dusty
• Hot

Work setting

• Urban area
• Landscape contractor
• Various locations
• Landscape maintenance
• Park and recreation sites
• Municipal government
• Commercial

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist with landscape constructions
• Tie and secure plants
• Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
• Rake and collect refuse
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
• Repair and maintain equipment
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Pick-up truck
• Small engine equipment

Area of work experience

• Cleaning
• Snow removal

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality
• Hardworking
• Maturity
• Resourcefulness

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth

Support for Veterans

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)