Overview

Languages

English

Education

- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

- Odours

- Noisy

- Outdoors

- All weather conditions

Work setting

- Work in employer's/client's home

- Garden centre

- Urban area

- Rural area

- Greenhouse

- Remote location

- Various locations

- Lawn care company

- Nursery - horticulture

- Willing to relocate

- Landscape contractor

- Golf course

- Residential

- Hotel, motel, resort

- Private company, corporation or industry

- Municipal government

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Build models

- Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation

- Plan the incorporation of landscape structures

- Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements

- Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning

- Manage landscaping projects

- Prepare conceptual designs

- Prepare proposals

- Estimate costs

- Prepare presentation graphics and drawings

- Write specifications

- Survey and assess designated sites

- Prepare contracts and tenders

- 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

- 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

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

- Residential projects

- Commercial and/or industrial construction

- Institutional construction

- Park and recreation sites

- Restoration and preservation projects

- Cemetery or crematorium

- Sports field

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

- Hydroponic culture

- Horticultural consulting

- Plant knowledge and identification

- Propagation

- Horticulture

Additional information

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

- Tools

- Safety equipment/gear

- Steel-toed safety boots

- Hard hat

- Safety glasses/goggles

- Safety harness

- Gloves

- Ear plugs

- Mask

- Safety vest

- Rain gear

Personal suitability

- Client focus

- Productive interpersonal skills

- Excellent oral communication

- Excellent written communication

- Flexibility

- Organized

- Reliability

- Team player

- Punctuality

📌 irrigation technician (except agriculture) (London)
🏢 Blue Jay Irrigation
📍 London