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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 environment

• 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