ARBORIST
- Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Full-time
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- English
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Original job description
Description
Get your career off the ground and get paid to climb trees!
Arbour Crest Tree Services provides Horticulture, Arboriculture and Landscape services for Saskatoon and area. We focus on quality, safety and employee growth. We provide training courses and competitive wages and opportunity for advancement. We are looking for a sharp and determined individual to excel in Arboriculture and to be a valued member of our growing team.
Duties:
- Production Arborist required for a growing tree and landscape service company. Experienced climbers only who are able to climb and/or use a bucket truck to prune and remove trees.
- Ability to work and lead small crew, perform arborist duties and maintain arborist equipment.
- Wide variety of jobs include pruning, climbing with ropes and saddle or spurs, bucket truck work, tree removals, hedges, ornamental shaping, tree fertilizing, stump grinding, tree surgery, tree nursery work, etc. -Estimating duties may be required as well.
Skills:
- Tree pruning and removal
- Tree climbing
- Equipment maintenace
- Ability to follow safety policies
- Ability to train others
- Sales
Requirements:
- Driver's license and own vehicle
- Own Climbing Equipment
- Equipment maintenance skills
- Hardworking and motivated
- Dependable and reliable
- Estimating and sales experience an asset
- Horticultural College training preferred
- ISA certification preferred but not required
Lots of training available on and off-site, group benefits available, equipment bonuses and apprentice training available.
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More about this job
Responsibilities
The Arborist at Arbour Crest Tree Services will climb trees and use bucket trucks to prune and remove them. They will also lead a small crew, maintain equipment and may help with estimates.
Requirements
Candidates need experienced tree climbing skills, their own climbing gear, a driver's licence and a vehicle. Equipment maintenance and a dependable work ethic are also needed; ISA certification and horticulture training are preferred.
Skills
- Tree climbing
- Rope and saddle climbing
- Spurs climbing
- Bucket truck operation
- Tree pruning
- Tree removal
- Stump grinding
- Tree surgery
- Hedge shaping
- Ornamental shaping
- Tree fertilizing
- Tree nursery work
- Equipment maintenance
- Chainsaw operation
- Crew leadership
- Staff training
- Safety compliance
- Estimating
- Sales
- ISA arborist practices
Benefits
- Equipment bonuses
- Apprentice training
- On- and off-site training
Categories
- Agriculture
- Environmental & Sustainability
- Construction
Keywords
- arborist
- tree climbing
- tree pruning
- tree removal
- bucket truck
- stump grinding
- tree surgery
- horticulture
- arboriculture
- landscaping
- tree nursery
- hedge trimming
- ornamental shaping
- tree fertilizing
- crew lead
- ISA certification
- estimating
- sales
- Saskatoon
- climbing equipment
Seniority
Mid level
Perks
- Performance bonus
- Paid training
Licences and certifications
- ISA certification
Tools
- Climbing ropes
- Saddle
- Spurs
- Bucket truck
Fields of study
- Horticulture
- Arboriculture
Own vehicle
Yes