Job description
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 60 hours per week
- Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- Noisy
- Outdoors
- Work in employer's/client's home
- Garden centre
- Urban area
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Nursery - horticulture
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Landscape contractor
- Write specifications
- Read and interpret blueprints
- 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
- Plan and construct landscaped environments which may include trees, shrubberies, lawns, fences, decks, patios and other landscape structures
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
- Plant and move trees
- Horticulturist Trade Certification
- Arboriculturists Trade Certification
- Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
- Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS Word
- Residential projects
- Restoration and preservation projects
- Landscape construction
- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
- Propagation
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Eligible for professional liability insurance
- Criminal record check
- Valid driver's licence
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Safety equipment/gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Gloves
- Ear plugs
- Mask
- Safety vest
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Other benefits
Work site environment
Work setting
Tasks
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Computer and technology knowledge
Landscaping experience
Area of specialization
Security and safety
Transportation/travel information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Own tools/equipment
Personal suitability
Long term benefits
About Dr. Landscape
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: Unknown
Type: Company - Public
Website: www.drlandscape.com