landscape technician

Huckleberry Landscape Design; Surrey; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscaping company is seeking skilled individuals for various outdoor projects. Responsibilities include interpreting blueprints, maintaining gardens, and applying treatments to plants. Candidates should possess a secondary school diploma and have experience in landscaping, particularly in residential projects. This role requires physical stamina and a focus on client satisfaction.

Benefits

Dental plan

Health care plan

Paramedical services coverage

Vision care benefits

Group insurance benefits

Mileage paid

Learning/training paid by employer

Team building opportunities

Parking available

Qualifications

• Experience in landscaping, particularly with residential projects.
• Ability to work independently and handle physically demanding tasks.
• Specialized knowledge in plant identification and horticulture.

Responsibilities

• Interpret blueprints to plan landscaping tasks.
• Trim trees and maintain gardens and lawns.
• Apply treatments and plan plant growth for landscaping.

Skills

Attention to detail

Client focus

Team player

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tools

Steel-toed safety boots

Rain gear

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  
  

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

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

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• All weather conditions
  
  

Work setting

• Construction company
• Urban area
• Various locations
• Landscape contractor
• Residential
  
  

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
• Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
• 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
  
  

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
  
  

Construction specialization

• Interlocking brick
• Retaining walls
• Rock gardens
• Stone garden walls
  
  

Specialization or experience

• Green economy sector
• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
  
  

Area of specialization

• Landscape construction
• Plant knowledge and identification
• Horticulture
  
  

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driving record check (abstract)
• Criminal record check
  
  

Transportation/travel information

• Own vehicle
• Valid driver's licence
  
  

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Rain gear
  
  

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
  
  

Benefits

Health benefits

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

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Mileage paid
  
  

Other Benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available