landscaper

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Work site environment:

Outdoors.

Work setting:

Various locations.

Tasks:

• Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation.
• Plan the incorporation of landscape structures.
• Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements.
• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning.
• Write specifications.
• 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.

Security and safety:

Criminal record check.

Personal suitability:

• Team player.
• Punctuality.

Screening questions:

• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
• Do you have experience working in this field?.

Employment terms options:

Early morning.

Experience:

2 years to less than 3 years.

Employment terms options:

Morning. Day.

Workplace information:

On the road job.