Landscape Maintenance Aprenticeship

1 week ago

Burlington, Canada The Better Way Property Maintenance Full time

**Summary**:
**Core Capabilities**:

- Customer and quality focus
- Effective communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Team work
- Excellent problem solving abilities
- Responsibility and dependability
- Ethics and integrity

**Job Duties**:

- Plan and manage the loading/unloading of trucks and trailers in the AM and PM including the people, equipment and materials required to complete daily objectives
- Cut grass, trim edges, clean up refuse, blow trimmings, weeding, and perform other lawn care duties
- Move and install soil, mulch and plant material to assist with the construction of landscape gardens and related areas
- Operate power equipment including, but not limited to, lawn tractors, lawn mowers, line trimmers, blowers, hedge trimmers, pruning saws, aerators, dethatchers, sod cutters, chain saws, and snow blowers
- Supervise the work of crew members to ensure proper safety, quality, and productivity
- Inspect all work for quality to eliminate the need for return visits and/or re-work due to quality or customer satisfaction issues. (final walkaround w/ customer).
- Train crew members on proper and safe job methods(requires patience)
- Conduct daily inspections and maintenance on vehicles, tools, and equipment
- Assist in other job-related duties including garden projects, shop and yard maintenance, vehicle and equipment pressure washing
- Complete and submit all LMN Timesheets on a daily basis including: accurately tracking job time/lunch breaks, writing notes for next service visit, equipment daily inspection forms, attendance tracking, requests for time off, and the 4 O’clock 4 questionnaire at the end of each day.
- Maintain and enforce standards of cleanliness and organization(5S) in assigned trucks, trailers, equipment, jobsites, and shop/yard areas
- Ensure that all work activities are carried out in a safe and efficient manner, and that all crew members are in compliance with government and company PPE standards
- Comply with all company policies and regulations
- Communicate with customers in a polite and courteous manner
- Insure that all tools come back with you at the end of the day and are not lost/stolen. Lock tools/shop at the end of the day.

**Requirements**:

- Positive attitude
- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent
- Capable of operating required equipment and tools in a safe and responsible manner
- Effective communication skills - must be able to carry out verbal instructions, read labels, signs, and job notes, complete daily reports to office and/or customers
- Time management skills
- Knowledge of specific materials, methods, tools and equipment required to complete various landscape/construction practices
- Ability to work both independently with little supervision, and as part of a team
- Ability to walk, stand, crouch for long periods of time and carry out strenuous physical tasks
- Full G driver’s license and safe driving record
- Data equipped smart phone

**Work Conditions**:

- Ability to work with hand tools, power tools, small engine equipment, and materials
- Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. repeatedly through an entire work shift
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Requires good manual dexterity
- Excellent stamina is required
- Work near heavy equipment and other vehicles on a regular basis
- Work outdoors in various conditions including heat and humidity, rain, dust, noise, and cold
- Must have: The ability to coach, instruct, and correct coworkers on your crew
- Flexible working hours including occasional weekend and evening work due to rain delays.

**Why work at The Better Way?**

Small business culture where you are not a number you are part of the family

We provide business education that will serve you in life and in your career.

We believe mowing lawns, and gardening are real careers not dead end jobs we treat this trade accordingly. Landscaping has lifted more people from poverty to wealth then any other trade

We invest in your apprenticeship with courses from Landscape Ontario, and internal training with pay increases as you progress through the apprenticeship.

Clean, safe, and well maintained equipment that is updated regularly.

You have seasonal time off from mid-late December-Mid March so you can ski and ice fish more.Snow removal will be required in the winter.

Competitive pay with performance bonus based on achieving goals.

We value your ideas and contribution at weekly huddles(we believe the next improvement idea can come from the newest team member) and through daily informal feedback opportunity.

Our shop is on a major bus route so there is no need for a car/ride every day.

Our shop is in Burlington but you may be able to carpool from Hamilton.

**Please Answer The custom Screening Questions...I delete all resume's that don't answer these**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Seasonal, Apprenticeship

Pay: $25.00-$26.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 - 55 per week

Additional pay:

- Bonus pay
- Commission pay
- Tips

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