Landscaping Foreman/woman

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 40 to 60 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:

- **Education**:

- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- ** Work site environment**:

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

- Private residence
- Park and recreation sites
- Landscape contractor
- Landscape maintenance
- Construction company
- Various locations
- Sports field
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
- ** Tasks**:

- Direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns
- Organize planting of trees, gardens and lawns
- Schedule events, programs and activities
- Plan and direct grounds maintenance
- Organize and direct construction of decks and decorative or retaining walls
- Maintain work records and logs
- Read blueprints and drawings
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
- Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Remove litter and garbage
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Lay sod or seed
- Cut grass
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Assist with landscape constructions
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Rake and collect refuse
- Plant and move trees
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
- ** Supervision**:

- 5-10 people
- 16-20 people
- ** Landscaping experience**:

- Residential projects
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Backhoe
- Chain saw
- Forklift
- Front end loader
- Pick-up truck
- Small engine equipment
- Sod cutter
- Tractor
- Skidsteer
- ** Construction specialization**:

- Stone garden walls
- Rock gardens
- Retaining walls
- Poured concrete
- Interlocking brick
- Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls
- ** Area of specialization**:

- Landscape construction
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Repetitive tasks
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Walking
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

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

- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Dependability
- Reliability
- Organized
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- ** Experience**:

- 3 years to less than 5 years