irrigation technician (except agriculture)

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