About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Dangerous. Odours. At heights. Noisy. Outdoors. All weather conditions. Dusty. Work setting: Work in employer's/client's home. Various locations. Lawn care company. Willing to relocate. Residential. Landscape maintenance. Commercial.
Tasks
- Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning.
- Survey and assess designated sites.
- 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.
- Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease.
- 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.
- Tree removal.
- Work with customers, architects and engineers regarding plans and specifications.
- Operate chainsaw to fell, delimb and buck trees.
- Ensure smooth operation of equipment.
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment.
- Organize planting of trees, gardens and lawns.
- Document customers' requirements for projects.
- Direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns.
- Coordinate work activities to ensure commercial or residential projects meet requirements, budget and deadlines properties.
- Landscaping experience: Residential projects.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Lawn mowers.
- Fans and blowers.
- Fertilizer applicator.
- Electrical lawn equipment.
- Area of work experience: Snow removal.
- Construction specialization: Automated irrigation system.
- Fieldstone paths.
- Interlocking brick.
- Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls.
- Poured concrete.
- Retaining walls.
- Rock gardens.
- Stone garden walls.
- Irrigation and drainage.
- Area of specialization: Landscape design.
- Landscape construction.
- Plant knowledge and identification.
- Equipment: Power lawn mowers.
- Security and safety: Driving record check (abstract).
- Transportation/travel information: Valid driver's licence.
- 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: Safety equipment/gear.
- Steel-toed safety boots.
- Hard hat.
- Safety glasses/goggles.
- Gloves.
- Mask.
- Safety vest.
- Rain gear.
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Punctuality.
- Ability to multitask.
- 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?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Flexible hours.
- On call.
- Day.
- Workplace information: On the road job.
- Support for persons with disabilities: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for Indigenous people: Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .