Overview

Languages

English

Education

- No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience 1 year to less than 2 years

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

- Outdoors
- Noisy
- All weather conditions

Work setting
- Landscape contractor
- Various locations
- Landscape maintenance

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Cut grass
- Rake and collect refuse
- Remove litter and garbage
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Lay sod or seed
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
- Plant and move trees
- Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

- Small engine equipment
- Skidsteer
- Hand tools
- Trimmer

Area of specialization
- Plant knowledge and identification

Equipment
- Power lawn mowers

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

- Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours




- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves

Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality

Perks

Health benefits

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits

Other Benefits

- Parking available

Employment groups This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for newcomers and refugees

- Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

📌 landscape labourer (Calgary)
🏢 Landform
📍 Calgary