Overview
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 35 to 40 hours per week
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- At heights
- Noisy
- Outdoors
- All weather conditions
- Wet / damp
Work setting
- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Landscape contractor
- Residential
- On-site customer service
- Landscape maintenance
- Commercial facility
- Associations and non profit organizations
- Staff accommodation available
Tasks
- Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
- Manage landscaping projects
- 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
- Cut grass
- Rake and collect refuse
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
- Tie and secure plants
Landscaping experience
Equipment and machinery experience
- Weed trimmer / edger
- Small engine equipment
- Roto-tiller
- Pick-up truck
- Chain saw
- Tractor mower
Construction specialization
Transportation / travel information
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
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Walking
- Tight deadlines
Own tools / equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
- Rain gear
- Cellular phone
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
- Dependability
Screening questions
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
- 1 year to less than 2 years
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Gratuities
- Group insurance benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning / training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
- Transportation provided by employer
- Parking available