landscaper
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work site environment:
- Odours.
- Noisy.
- Outdoors.
Work setting:
- Construction company.
- Various locations.
- Landscape contractor.
Tasks:
- Estimate costs.
- 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.
Landscaping experience:
- Residential projects.
- Commercial and/or industrial construction.
Construction specialization:
- Fieldstone paths.
- Interlocking brick.
- Poured concrete.
- Retaining walls.
Area of specialization:
- Landscape construction.
- Plant knowledge and identification.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Attention to detail.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Shift.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Overtime available.
Other benefits:
Other benefits.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.).
Support for youths:
Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
Support for mature workers:
Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .