landscaper

Education:

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Work site environment:

• Outdoors.
• All weather conditions.
• Work setting: Work in employer's/client's home.
• Garden centre.
• Various locations.
• Lawn care company.
• Landscape contractor.

Tasks:

• Plan the incorporation of landscape structures.
• 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.
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens.
• 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.

Landscaping experience:

• Residential projects.
• Commercial and/or industrial construction.
• Park and recreation sites.

Area of work experience:

Snow removal.

Construction specialization:

• Fieldstone paths.
• Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls.
• Retaining walls.
• Rock gardens.
• Stone garden walls.
• Irrigation and drainage.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Ability to work independently.
• Attention to detail.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Physically demanding.
• Manual dexterity.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Bending, crouching, kneeling.

Personal suitability:

• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Team player.
• Punctuality.

Screening questions:

Do you have experience working in this field?.

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.
• Shift.
• Flexible hours.
• Morning.

Experience:

No experience (will train).

Employment terms options:

Day.