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General labourer - landscaping

  • Levis, QC, Canada

Full-time

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Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Working hours
40 hours per week
Posting language
English
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Original job description

  • Work Term: Temporary
  • Work Language: English or French
  • Hours: 40 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Wet/damp
  • Noisy
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Dusty
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Landscape contractor
  • Various locations
  • Landscape maintenance
  • Park and recreation sites
  • Municipal government
  • Commercial

Tasks

  • Assist with landscape constructions
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
  • Rake and collect refuse
  • Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
  • Repair and maintain equipment
  • Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
  • Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Pick-up truck
  • Small engine equipment

Area of work experience

  • Cleaning
  • Snow removal

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

  • Safety equipment/gear

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Punctuality
  • Hardworking
  • Maturity
  • Resourcefulness

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Employment terms options

  • Shift
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Night
  • On call
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required
  • Overtime available

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees

Support for youths

  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth

Support for Veterans

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
More about this job

Responsibilities

Assist with landscape construction and maintenance, including caring for plants and lawns, pruning and trimming, collecting refuse, and spreading topsoil. Operate and maintain landscaping equipment, repair equipment, and perform cleaning and snow removal as needed.

Requirements

Requires 1 to less than 2 years of experience; no degree, certificate, or diploma is required. Candidates should be physically capable of repetitive and demanding outdoor work, able to handle heavy loads, and demonstrate dependability, flexibility, organization, and teamwork.

Skills

  • Landscape Construction
  • Plant Care
  • Weeding
  • Pruning
  • Tree Trimming
  • Raking
  • Refuse Collection
  • Topsoil Spreading
  • Equipment Repair and Maintenance
  • Lawn and Garden Maintenance
  • Landscape Equipment Operation
  • Snow Removal
  • Cleaning
  • Heavy Load Handling
  • Attention to Detail
  • Teamwork

Visa sponsorship

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Categories

  • Trades
  • Construction
  • Environmental & Sustainability
  • Government & Public Sector
  • Sports & Recreation

Keywords

  • Landscaping
  • Landscape Construction
  • Landscape Maintenance
  • Plant Care
  • Weeding
  • Pruning
  • Tree Trimming
  • Refuse Collection
  • Topsoil
  • Equipment Repair
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Landscape Equipment
  • Pickup Truck
  • Small Engine Equipment
  • Cleaning
  • Snow Removal
  • Outdoor Work
  • Heavy Load Handling
  • Physical Work
  • Attention to Detail
  • Client Focus
  • Dependability
  • Flexibility
  • Organization
  • Reliability
  • Teamwork
  • Punctuality
  • Municipal Government
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Commercial Landscaping

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