horticulture technician
Education:
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- All weather conditions.
- Work setting: Rural area.
- Various locations.
- Residential.
- Private company, corporation or industry.
- Landscape maintenance.
Tasks:
- Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning.
- 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.
- 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.
- Examine plans, drawings and site layouts.
Landscaping experience:
Residential projects.
Construction specialization:
Irrigation and drainage.
Area of specialization:
Landscape design. Plant knowledge and identification. Horticulture.
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.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Punctuality.
- Time management.
Screening questions:
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Long term benefits:
Maternity and parental benefits.
Other benefits:
Free parking available.