Arborist

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
**Work site environment**:

- Dangerous
- Odours
- At heights
- Noisy
- Outdoors
**Work setting**:

- Work in employer's/client's home
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- Prepare proposals
- Survey and assess designated sites
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- 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 maintain private and public lawns and gardens
- Plant and move trees
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Arboriculturists Trade Certification
**Landscaping experience**:

- Commercial and/or industrial construction
- Park and recreation sites
- Restoration and preservation projects
**Area of specialization**:

- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
**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
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Safety harness
- Gloves
- Mask
- Safety vest
**Personal suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player