labourer, landscape
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- Wet/damp.
- Noisy.
- Dusty.
- Hot.
Work setting:
- Work in employer's/client's home.
- Sports field.
- Urban area.
- Rural area.
- Landscape contractor.
- Various locations.
- Landscape maintenance.
- Relocation costs not covered by employer.
- Park and recreation sites.
- Lawn care company.
- Commercial and/or industrial construction.
Tasks:
- Assist with landscape constructions.
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants.
- Cut grass.
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials.
- Lay sod or seed.
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees.
- Apply fertilizers.
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens.
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment.
- Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions.
- Plant and move trees.
- Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products.
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens.
Type of heavy equipment operated:
Loader.
Landscaping experience:
- Restoration and preservation projects.
- Residential projects.
Type of related experience:
Landscape construction.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Chain saw.
- Gravel or dump truck.
- Pick-up truck.
- Sod cutter.
- Weed trimmer/edger.
- Lawn mowers.
- Automated irrigation system.
Construction specialization:
- Stone garden walls.
- Rock gardens.
- Retaining walls.
- Interlocking brick.
- Fieldstone paths.
- Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls.
Area of specialization:
Plant knowledge and identification.
Transportation/travel information:
- Valid driver's licence.
- Public transportation is not available.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Tight deadlines.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Standing for extended periods.
Own tools/equipment:
- Steel-toed safety boots.
- Gloves.
Personal suitability:
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Excellent oral communication.
Screening questions:
Do you have experience working in this field?.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
Experience:
No experience (will train).
Employment terms options:
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- On-site amenities.