landscaper lead hand

Education:

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Asset languages:

Spanish; Castilian.

Work site environment:

Outdoors.

Work setting:

Urban area. Various locations. Lawn care company. Nursery - horticulture. Landscape contractor. Residential.

Tasks:

• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning.
• Manage landscaping projects.
• 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.
• Tree removal.

Landscaping experience:

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

Area of work experience:

Snow removal.

Construction specialization:

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

Area of specialization:

• Landscape design.
• Landscape construction.
• Horticultural consulting.
• Plant knowledge and identification.
• Horticulture.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Attention to detail.
• Repetitive tasks.
• Manual dexterity.
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
• Bending, crouching, kneeling.

Own tools/equipment:

• Steel-toed safety boots.
• Gloves.

Personal suitability:

• Client focus.
• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Team player.

Screening questions:

• 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)?.

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.
• Shift.

Experience:

2 years to less than 3 years.

Employment terms options:

• Morning.
• Day.
• Overtime available.

Health benefits:

• Dental plan.
• Health care plan.
• Vision care benefits.

Financial benefits:

Group insurance benefits.

Other benefits:

Free parking available.

Support for newcomers and refugees:

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees.
• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .

Support for youths:

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.

Support for Veterans:

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans .
• Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.) .

Support for Indigenous people:

Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people.

Support for mature workers:

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers .
• Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.) .