Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- All weather conditions
Work setting
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Urban area
- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Landscape contractor
- Residential
- Horticulture and/or gardening
Responsibilities
Tasks
- 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 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
- Direct crews who maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes
- Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
- Plant and move trees
- Tree removal
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- Rake and collect refuse
- Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
Experience and specialization
Type of product
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
Landscaping experience
- Residential projects
- Park and recreation sites
- Cemetery or crematorium
Equipment and machinery experience
- Weed trimmer/edger
- Shovel
- Lawn mowers
Product inspection experience
- Plants and plant products
Area of specialization
- Plant knowledge and identification
- Horticulture
- Automobile driving
Additional information
Security and safety
- Driving record check (abstract)
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
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Rain gear
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other Benefits
- Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Other benefits
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
- Travel insurance
