Landscape Technician

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 32 to 60 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:
**Education**:

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

- Noisy
- Outdoors
**Work setting**:

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

- Manage landscaping projects
- Survey and assess designated sites
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Assess the health of lawns
- Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
- Plan and co-ordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental uses and other purposes
- 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
**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- MS Outlook
- MS Word
**Landscaping experience**:

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

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

- Landscape construction
- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
**Transportation/travel information**:

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

- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- 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
- Gloves
- Mask
- Safety vest
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
**Experience**:

- 3 years to less than 5 years
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
**Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available