Landscaper

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Build models
• Prepare conceptual designs
• 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
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
• Plan and construct landscaped environments which may include trees, shrubberies, lawns, fences, decks, patios and other landscape structures
• Plant and move trees
• Tree removal

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction
• Restoration and preservation projects

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Punctuality