Landscape technician

Kibbi; Siksiká #146, Alberta; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental plan

Health care plan

Paramedical services coverage

Vision care benefits

Life insurance

Free parking available

Learning/training paid by employer

On-site recreation and activities

Team building opportunities

Job summary

Kibbi is seeking a landscape professional to work onsite in rural Alberta, performing design, construction, and maintenance of residential and commercial landscapes. The role involves interpreting blueprints, planning installations, pruning, project management, and client coordination in varied outdoor settings.

Responsibilities include plant care, irrigation planning, fertilization, and diagnosing plant health while coordinating with a team to deliver high-quality landscape projects across

Qualifications

• Formal education in landscape or equivalent experience is required.
• Ability to interpret blueprints and plan installation sequences.
• Experience with landscape construction projects is expected.

Responsibilities

• Interpret blueprints or instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation.
• Plan the incorporation of landscape structures.
• Trim trees to achieve pruning objectives.
• Manage landscaping projects.
• Prepare proposals.
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and gardens.
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides.
• Assess health of lawns and diagnose plant problems.
• Plan and coordinate plant growth and usage for landscaping.

Skills

Interpret blueprints

Plan landscape structures

Tree pruning

Project management

Watering and plant care

DynaSCAPE

Client communication

Education

College/CEGEP

Equivalent experience

Tools

DynaSCAPE

Job description

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

• English

EDUCATION

• College/CEGEP
• or equivalent experience

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

• Noisy
• Outdoors
• All weather conditions

WORK SETTING

• Construction company
• Rural area
• Greenhouse
• Remote location
• Various locations
• Lawn care company
• Nursery - horticulture
• Willing to relocate
• Landscape contractor
• Residential
• Private company, corporation or industry

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
• Plan the incorporation of landscape structures
• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
• Manage landscaping projects
• Prepare proposals
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
• Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
• Assess the health of lawns
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
• Plan and co-ordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental uses and other purposes
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
• Plant and move trees
• Tree removal

COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE

• DynaSCAPE

LANDSCAPING EXPERIENCE

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction
• Institutional construction
• Park and recreation sites
• Restoration and preservation projects
• Cemetery or crematorium
• Sports field

AREA OF WORK EXPERIENCE

• Snow removal

CONSTRUCTION SPECIALIZATION

• Automated irrigation system
• Interlocking brick
• Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls
• Retaining walls
• Rock gardens
• Stone garden walls
• Irrigation and drainage

SPECIALIZATION OR EXPERIENCE

• Green economy sector
• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

• Landscape design
• Landscape construction
• Horticultural consulting
• Plant knowledge and identification
• Propagation
• Horticulture

TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL INFORMATION

• Valid driver's licence

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

OWN TOOLS/EQUIPMENT

• Steel-toed safety boots

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality

BENEFITS

HEALTH BENEFITS

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

FINANCIAL BENEFITS

• Life insurance

OTHER BENEFITS

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site recreation and activities
• Team building opportunities