landscape worker
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- Wet/damp.
- Noisy.
- Dusty.
- Hot.
Work setting:
- Sports field.
- Various locations.
- Landscape maintenance.
- Park and recreation sites.
- Horticulture and/or gardening.
Tasks:
- Assist with landscape constructions.
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants.
- Lay sod or seed.
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees.
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens.
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment.
- Maintain clean and safe work environment.
Type of related experience:
Landscape construction.
Area of work experience:
Irrigation and drainage.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Weight handling:
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Own tools/equipment:
Steel-toed safety boots.
Personal suitability:
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
Health benefits:
Health care plan.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for Indigenous people:
Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers .
Support for mature workers:
Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
Supports for visible minorities:
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).