Landscape Labourer

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 50 to 60 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Hot
**Work setting**:

- Landscape contractor
- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- Assist with landscape constructions
- Lay sod or seed
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Prepare and lay bricks, concrete blocks, structural tiles or other masonry units
- Construct and install prefabricated masonry units
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Not required
**Type of heavy equipment operated**:

- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Bobcats
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Backhoe
- Front end loader
- Gravel or dump truck
- Pick-up truck
- Small engine equipment
- Mortar and concrete mixers
- Concrete saws
**Area of work experience**:

- Snow removal
**Construction specialization**:

- Retaining walls
- Interlocking brick
**Security and safety**:

- Driver's validity licence check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety vest
**Personal suitability**:

- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently a student?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?