Overview

Languages

English

Education

- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

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

Work site setting

- Odours
- At heights
- Noisy
- Outdoors
- All weather conditions

Work setting

- Construction company
- Urban area
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Various locations
- Landscape contractor
- Golf course
- Residential
- Private company, corporation or industry
- Municipal government

Responsibilities

Tasks

- 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
- Manage landscaping projects
- 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
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
- Plant and move trees

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

- Horticulturist Trade Certification
- Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification
- Certified Landscape Horticulturist Manager (CLHM)
- Certified Landscape Horticulturist Technician (CLHT)
- Landscape Horticulturist Red Seal Certificate

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

- MS Excel




- MS Outlook
- MS Word

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

- Fieldstone paths
- Interlocking brick
- Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls
- Retaining walls
- Rock gardens
- Stone garden walls

Area of specialization

- Landscape construction
- Plant knowledge and identification
- Horticulture

Additional information

Security and safety

- Driving record check (abstract)
- Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

- Own vehicle
- 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

- Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality

Benefits

Health benefits

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance

Other benefits

- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available

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