We are looking for full-time landscaping labourers to maintain boulevards, centre islands, sidewalks, and bio-swales.
Specific Responsibilities
- Perform groundskeeping and building maintenance duties.
- Mow lawn using hand, power or riding mower and trim and edge around walks, flower beds, and walls.
- Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.
- Plant flowers, grass, shrubs, and bushes.
- Apply fertilizer to ground to enhance growth.
- Aerate lawns as needed.
- Shovel snow from walkways and spread de-icer.
- Clean Debris using leaf blower or broom.
- Cut down tree limbs that are posing a danger.
- Trim shrubs and pull weeds.
- Perform minor repairs and maintenance procedures on equipment utilized in groundskeeping.
- Rake, mulch, and prune the grounds as needed.
- Gather and remove litter
Qualifications
- Ability to lift and handle heavy equipment and machinery
- Knowledge of how to use lawn and maintenance equipment
- Ability to work safely in and around busy streets
- Familiarity with material safety data sheets
- Integrity and ability to work independently
- Ability to multi task and work independently
- Ability to work as a team player
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Conduct themselves in a professional manner and maintain strict confidentiality
- Prior experience in landscape maintenance or related field is preferred
Please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted for further consideration.