Irrigation Technician (Except Agriculture)

Work site environment

• Noisy
• Outdoors
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Construction company
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Remote location
• Various locations
• Lawn care company
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Landscape contractor
• Residential
• Hotel, motel, resort
• Private company, corporation or industry
• Municipal government

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Build models
• Manage landscaping projects
• Prepare proposals
• Estimate costs
• Write specifications
• Survey and assess designated sites
• 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 move trees

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Horticulturist Trade Certification
• Landscape Architecture Technician Certificate

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Access
• MS Word

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction
• Institutional construction
• Park and recreation sites
• Restoration and preservation projects
• Sports field

Area of work experience

• Snow removal
• Community service organization
• University or college

Area of specialization

• Landscape design
• Landscape construction
• Hydroponic culture
• Horticultural consulting
• Plant knowledge and identification
• Horticulture

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driving record check (abstract)
• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Commission
• Gratuities
• Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available