General labourer - landscaping

Excavation Bergedac; Lévis; On-site; CAD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Excavation Bergedac is seeking a landscape assistant to support construction, planting, and maintenance across various sites in the Lévis area. The role involves outdoor work in all weather, handling plants, topsoil, and equipment, and collaborating with a small crew to keep projects on schedule.

Candidates should have 1 year to 2 years of landscape experience and be able to perform physically demanding tasks, including lifting and bending.

Qualifications

• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years in landscape or related field.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather.
• Comfort with heavy lifting and physically demanding tasks.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Outdoor work

Physical endurance

Attention to detail

Team player

Punctuality

Reliability

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Tools

Pick-up truck

Small engine equipment

Job description

• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• At heights
• Wet/damp
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dusty
• Hot

• Work Term: Temporary
• Work Language: English or French
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

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

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

Equipment and machinery experience

• Pick-up truck
• Small engine equipment

Area of work experience

• Cleaning
• Snow removal

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

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening

Employment terms options

• Shift
• Flexible hours
• Morning
• Night
• On call
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime required
• Overtime available

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for 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
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees