Landscape Construction Apprentice - Experience Required

Get Paid to Build Your Skills. Grow Into a Foreman.

V.I.L. Landscaping

Oakville and Milton, Ontario

Full-time | Year-round

Pay: CA$23–CA$26 per hour, based on experience

Landscape construction and winter snow work

V.I.L. Landscaping is looking for a reliable, hardworking Landscape Construction Apprentice who already has landscaping experience or knows how to safely operate landscaping and construction equipment.

This is a hands-on position for someone who understands the basics and wants to develop advanced hardscaping, equipment operation, and crew-leadership skills.

You don’t need to be an expert, but you must have practical landscaping or construction experience and be comfortable using common tools or equipment.

This is a long-term development opportunity designed to help you grow into a Hardscape Foreman.

Required Experience

Applicants must have at least one of the following:

- Previous landscaping, hardscaping, or outdoor construction experience
- Experience safely operating landscaping or construction equipment

Applicants without relevant field experience or equipment knowledge will not be considered.

What You’ll Do

- Help build patios, walkways, retaining walls, steps, and outdoor spaces
- Assist with excavation, grading, drainage, and base preparation
- Move and install soil, gravel, stone, and other materials
- Safely use hand tools, power tools, compactors, and saws
- Operate equipment based on your demonstrated experience
- Assist with concrete, cutting, masonry, carpentry, and planting
- Load and unload trucks and trailers
- Keep job sites clean, organized, and safe
- Help the crew meet daily production and quality targets
- Participate in snow and ice operations during winter
- Accept increasing responsibility as your skills develop





Equipment Experience Experience using any of the following is a strong advantage:
- Skid steer
- Mini excavator
- Dingo or compact utility loader
- Plate compactor
- Masonry or concrete saw
- Laser level
- Zero-turn mower
- Snowplow or salt spreader
- Pickup truck and trailer
- Common landscaping power tools

What You’ll Continue Learning
- Advanced patio and hardscape construction
- Excavation and base preparation
- Grading and drainage
- Concrete, cutting, and masonry
- Carpentry and outdoor structures
- Planting and horticulture
- Landscape lighting
- Truck, trailer, and equipment operation
- Snow and ice management
- Reading plans and calculating materials
- Crew leadership and project planning

You’ll Be a Good Fit If You
- Have landscaping, hardscaping, or construction experience
- Know how to safely use landscaping tools or equipment
- Show up on time and ready to work
- Can handle physically demanding outdoor work
- Follow safety procedures and instructions
- Ask questions and learn from mistakes
- Accept feedback without making excuses
- Take pride in completing work properly
- Want a long-term career—not temporary seasonal work
- Want to develop into a crew leader or foreman

A valid Ontario G driver’s licence and reliable transportation are strongly preferred.

Your Development Path

Year 1: Strengthen your knowledge of safety, tools, materials, and job-site fundamentals.

Year 2: Develop advanced grading, cutting, installation,



and equipment-operation skills.

Year 3: Read plans and lead smaller parts of a project.

Year 4: Help coordinate team members, materials, production, and quality.

Year 5: Become ready to manage a hardscape crew.

Advancement is based on skill, reliability, productivity, quality, and leadership—not simply time on the job.

What We Offer

- CA$23–CA$26 per hour, based on experience
- Full time, year-round work
- Hands-on training across multiple skilled trades
- A clear development path toward becoming a foreman
- Opportunities to operate trucks and equipment
- Winter work through our snow division
- Increasing responsibility and advancement
- A serious team that values growth, safety, and quality

Application Requirements

Please send

- Your résumé
- A brief description of your landscaping or construction experience
- A list of the tools and equipment you can operate

Please also answer:
- How many years of landscaping, hardscaping, or construction experience do you have?
- Which landscaping or construction equipment can you operate safely?
- Have you built patios, walkways, retaining walls, or similar projects?
- Do you understand grading and base preparation?
- Do you have a valid Ontario G driver’s licence?
- Are you comfortable driving a pickup truck and trailer?
- Are you available for winter snow and ice operations?
- Why do you want to build a long-term career in landscape construction?
- Where do you want to be professionally in five years?

Ready to Step Up? Call Pam at (phone hidden) to schedule your interview.

Alternatively, email your résumé and equipment experience to [email protected].

Job type: Full-time

Work location: In person

Pay: $23.00-$26.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

📌 Landscape Construction Apprentice - Experience Required (Milton)
🏢 V.I.L. Landscaping
📍 Milton