Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Work site environment
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Landscape contractor
- Private company, corporation or industry
Responsibilities
Tasks
- 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
Experience and specialization
Landscaping experience
- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
Construction specialization
- Automated irrigation system
- Fieldstone paths
- Interlocking brick
- Retaining walls
- Stone garden walls
- Irrigation and drainage
Area of specialization
- Landscape construction
- Plant knowledge and identification
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
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available