Landscape Maintenance

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

Opportunity

We are now interviewing select candidates to join our in-house horticultural staff to help creatively maintain our extensive grounds and gardens in the rolling country landscape of King. In this role, you will assist other landscape team members in daily lawn cutting and horticultural maintenance activities on properties with farm, medical and residential environments. Familiarity, comfort and respect while working around a variety of domestic animals and the public is essential.

The Role

As a landscape maintenance crew member, your duties may include:

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

What you bring

We understand that the "ideal candidate" doesn't exist, so if you don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We value a passion for tending to the health and beauty of nature and a willingness to learn!

• 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.
• Knowledge to be able to assist with routine maintenance of landscape equipment an asset

Schedule

5 days a week or reliably part-time, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM at our main location in King. This position is seasonal/temporary.

Available for special events or weather-related maintenance exigencies.

Compensation

$18-$23.00 per hour based on experience.

We welcome and encourage applications from individuals with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

If you require accommodations during the recruitment or interview process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Location/Access

Please note, this position is on-site. Additionally, reliable access to a car is necessary as there is no public transit near our facility.

We thank all applicants in advance, and only those selected for an interview will be contacted.