Landscaper

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Various locations
• Landscape contractor

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Manage landscaping projects
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Plant and move trees

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction

Construction specialization

• Fieldstone paths
• Interlocking brick
• Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls
• Poured concrete
• Retaining walls
• Rock gardens
• Stone garden walls

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

• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player