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Landscaper

4 weeks ago

Sooke, Canada Tina's Elite Garden Maintenance Inc Full time

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

- Expérience:

- **Education**:

- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
- ** Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- ** Tasks**:

- Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
- Manage landscaping projects
- Prepare conceptual designs
- Estimate costs
- Write specifications
- 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
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
- Plant and move trees
- Tree removal
- Schedule work
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Plan and direct grounds maintenance
- Plan and estimate labour and materials
- Organize and direct construction of decks and decorative or retaining walls
- Hire, train, direct and motivate staff
- Schedule events, programs and activities
- Resolve work problems by providing technical advice to increase the value and functionality of a property
- Organize planting of trees, gardens and lawns
- Direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns
- ** Type of heavy equipment operated**:

- Front end loader
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Tractor
- Sod cutter
- Small engine equipment
- Pick-up truck
- Chain saw
- Backhoe
- Forklift
- Tractor mower
- Skidsteer
- ** Area of work experience**:

- Design
- ** Area of specialization**:

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

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

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

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

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

- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Initiative
- Judgement
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- ** Experience**:

- 2 years to less than 3 years
- ** Workplace information**:

- On the road job
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
- ** Long term benefits**:

- Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
- ** Other benefits**:

- Transportation provided by employer
- ** Support for Indigenous people**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers
- **Supports for visible minorities**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities