Landscaper

Tobermory; West Vancouver; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A. ALL AREA LANDSCAPING & GARDENING SERVICES LTD. based in West Vancouver invites applications for the position of Landscaper. The role requires self-motivation, good interpersonal skills and the ability to start immediately.

Permanent full-time employment with flexible hours and day shifts is offered. The work may involve outdoor conditions, reading blueprints, and coordinating landscape projects for residential and commercial sites.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English.
• Secondary school graduation certificate.
• 2–3 years of landscaping experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Organised, flexible, reliable, and a good team player.
• Work in an environment with odours.
• Work outdoors in a noisy environment.
• Willing to work long hours outdoors.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret blueprints.
• Water and care for plants, lawns, and gardens.
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides, and other lawn products.
• Perform treatments such as pruning and spraying.
• Assess lawn health.
• Direct crews maintaining golf course landscapes.
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems.
• Plan and coordinate plant growth and landscape use.
• Construct landscaped environments with trees, fences, decks.
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens.
• Plant and move trees.

Skills

Read blueprints

Plant care

Lawn maintenance

Pruning

Lawn health assessment

Direct crews

Tree health assessment

Landscape planning

Planting trees

Education

Secondary school graduation certificate

Job description

A. ALL AREA LANDSCAPING & GARDENING SERVICES LTD. based in 1566 Chartwell Drive, West Vancouver, BC V7S 2S1 is inviting applications from suitable candidates for the position of Landscaper who are self-motivated and have good interpersonal skills. The candidate who got selected will be required to start work as soon as possible. The vacancies refer to Permanent employment or Full time job. The shift timings include Day, Shift, Overtime, Flexible Hours, Early Morning and Morning.

Employer Name: A. ALL AREA LANDSCAPING & GARDENING SERVICES LTD.
Position: Landscaper
No. of vacancies: 2
Salary: $26.00 hourly / 35 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full time
Location: 1566 Chartwell Drive, West Vancouver, BC V7S 2S1

• The candidate must be able to read and interpret blueprints.
• The candidate must water and care for plants, lawns, and/or gardens.
• The candidate will be expected to apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides, and other lawn care products.
• The candidate will be expected to perform a variety of treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas, and injecting treatment solutions.
• The candidate must assess the health of lawns.
• The candidate will be expected to direct crews that maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes.
• The candidate will be expected to examine trees and shrubs in order to diagnose problems and disease.
• The candidate must plan and coordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental purposes, and other purposes.
• The candidate must plan and construct landscaped environments that may include trees, shrubberies, lawns, fences, decks, patios, and other landscape structures.
• The candidate must plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens.
• The candidate must plant and move trees.

Job Requirements

• The candidate should be fluent in English language.
• The candidate should have minimum qualification of Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 2 to 3 years of experience in a related industry.
• The candidate must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• The candidate should be organised and flexible in nature.
• The candidate should be reliable.
• The candidate should be a good team player.
• The candidate must work in an environment with a high concentration of odours.
• The work site environment is noisy, and the candidate must be able to work with complete concentration even in such conditions.
• The candidate will be required to work long hours in an outdoor environment.

Work setting

• The candidate must work in a construction company.
• The candidate will be required to work in various locations.
• The candidate must work as a landscape contractor.

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

• The candidate must have landscaping experience in residential projects as well as commercial and/or industrial construction.
• The candidate must be skilled in the construction of fieldstone paths, interlocking brick, poured concrete, and retaining walls.

Area of specialization

• The candidate must be skilled in landscape construction as well as plant knowledge and identification.

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• The candidate should have an eye for details.
• The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks on frequent basis.
• The candidate should be required to handle heavy loads as part of routine work.
• The candidate should be prepared to perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
• The candidate must perform manual dexterity tasks.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in sitting, standing, and walking positions.
• The candidate must be willing to work in a standing position for extended periods of time.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in bending, crouching, and kneeling positions.
• Under Long Term Benefits, the selected candidate will receive additional benefits.