Landscape Gardener

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• All weather conditions
• Quiet

Work setting

• Various locations
• Residential
• Private company, corporation or industry

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Manage landscaping projects
• Prepare proposals
• 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
• 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 

• Landscape Gardener Trade Certification

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction

Area of specialization

• Landscape design
• Landscape construction
• Plant knowledge and identification
• Horticulture

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Organized