landscaper

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

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

• Construction company
• Various locations
• Residential

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
• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
• Manage landscaping projects
• 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
• 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
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
• Evaluate tenders for landscape construction projects

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

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

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Outlook
• SketchUp

Type of trucking and equipment

• Dump truck

Type of heavy equipment operated

• Backhoe excavator, loader

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Park and recreation sites
• Restoration and preservation projects

Equipment and machinery experience

• Skidsteer

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 construction
• Plant knowledge and identification
• Horticulture

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driving record check (abstract)

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
• Rain gear

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Mileage paid

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Other benefits