horticulturist
Coastal Grounds Maintenance Ltd
Full Time
26 - 19 CAD HOURLY Today
Job description
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English or French
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- Outdoors
- Urban area
- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Nursery - horticulture
- Landscape contractor
- 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
- 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
- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
- Institutional construction
- Park and recreation sites
- Sports field
- Criminal record check
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Gloves
- Ear plugs
- Safety vest
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
