Landscaper

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 50 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: Will train
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

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

- Construction company
- Urban area
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Landscape contractor
- Private residence
**Tasks**:

- Manage landscaping projects
- Write specifications
- Survey and assess designated sites
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Assess the health of lawns
- Direct crews who maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes
- Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
- Plant and move trees
- 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
- Rake and collect refuse
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Horticulturist Trade Certification
- Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
- Landscape Architecture Technician Certificate
- Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification
- Not applicable
- Not required
**Type of heavy equipment operated**:

- Gravel or dump truck
**Landscaping experience**:

- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
**Type of related experience**:

- Landscape maintenance
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Weed trimmer/edger
- Tractor
- Small engine equipment
- Roto-tiller
- Pick-up truck
- Front end loader
**Construction specialization**:

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

- Landscape design
- Landscape construction
- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
**Security and safety**:

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

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

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

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

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Dependability