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Form of work
SalaryOverview
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- or equivalent experience
- Landscaping and groundskeeping
- Agronomy and crop science
- Horticultural science
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
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The employer stated that this position is a green job, because it involves tasks and responsibilities contributing to positive environmental outcomes and helping Canada achieve its net-zero target.
Asset languages
- Spanish
Work site environment
- Noisy
- Outdoors
- All weather conditions
Work setting
- Construction company
- Garden centre
- Urban area
- Various locations
- Residential
- Private company, corporation or industry
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Build models
- Manage landscaping projects
- Prepare conceptual designs
- Prepare proposals
- Estimate costs
- Prepare presentation graphics and drawings
- Write specifications
- Survey and assess designated sites
- Prepare contracts and tenders
- 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
- Tree removal
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Horticulturist Trade Certification
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certification
- Arboriculturists Trade Certification
- Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
- Landscape Architecture Technologist Certificate
- Landscape Architecture Technician Certificate
- Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification
- Chemical application certificate or licence
Experience and specialization
Landscaping experience
- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
- Institutional construction
- Park and recreation sites
- Restoration and preservation projects
Specialization or experience
- Green economy sector
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Area of specialization
- Landscape design
- Landscape construction
- Hydroponic culture
- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
- Horticulture
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Reliability
