Horticulturist

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Construction company
• Lawn care company
• Landscape contractor

Responsibilities

Tasks

• 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

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction

Construction specialization

• Fieldstone paths
• Interlocking brick
• Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls
• Poured concrete
• Retaining walls
• Rock gardens
• Stone garden walls

Area of specialization

• Landscape construction
• Plant knowledge and identification

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

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

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus