landscape technician

Employment and Social Development Canada; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading landscape design company is seeking a dedicated individual for a part-time position that may lead to full-time employment. The role involves interpreting blueprints, maintaining gardens, and applying various treatments. Candidates must possess a secondary school diploma and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills. The work is physically demanding and requires the ability to work independently. Benefits include health coverage and training opportunities.

Benefits

Health benefits

Financial benefits

Learning/training paid by employer

Team building opportunities

Parking available

Qualifications

• Experience in landscaping and horticulture is an asset.
• Ability to work independently and handle heavy loads.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Client focus

Efficient interpersonal skills

Organized

Reliability

Team player

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tools

Steel-toed safety boots

Job description

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Job details

• Location Surrey , BC
• Salary 22.00 to 25.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 24 to 40 hours per week
• Terms of employment Permanent employment Part time leading to full time
• Day, Flexible Hours, Morning
• Benefits:Health benefits, Financial benefits, Other benefits
• Source Job Bank #3309157

Overview

Languages

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

Experience an asset

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

• 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
• Interlocking brick
• Retaining walls

Specialization or experience

• 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
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Paramedical services coverage
• Group insurance benefits
• Mileage paid

Other benefits

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

Who can apply for this job?

You can apply if you are:

• a permanent resident of Canada
• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.

Advertised until

2025-05-30

Important notice: This job posting was posted directly by the employer on Job Bank. The Government of Canada has taken steps to make sure it is accurate and reliable but cannot guarantee its authenticity.

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