Landscape Worker

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dusty
• Hot

Work setting

• Hotel, motel, resort
• Work in employer's/client's home
• Golf course
• Sports field
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Landscape contractor
• Various locations
• Landscape maintenance
• Cemetery or crematorium
• Park and recreation sites
• Private residence
• Landfill
• Commercial
• Greenhouse

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist with landscape constructions
• Tying
• Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
• Cut grass
• Rake and collect refuse
• Remove litter and garbage
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
• Lay sod or seed
• Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
• Apply fertilizers
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
• Tree removal

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality
• Hardworking