landscape gardener

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Noisy
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Construction company
• Various locations
• Lawn care company
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Landscape contractor

Tasks

• 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
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
• Plant and move trees

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Horticulturist Trade Certification
• International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certification
• Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
• Landscape Architecture Technologist Certificate
• Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification
• Chemical application certificate or licence

Landscaping experience

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

Construction specialization

• Automated irrigation system

Area of specialization

• Landscape construction
• Plant knowledge and identification

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Gloves
• Ear plugs
• Safety vest

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player