Landscape Technician

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English or French
- Hours: 30 to 44 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- At heights
- Outdoors
- All weather conditions
**Work setting**:

- Construction company
- Urban area
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Landscape contractor
- Residential
**Tasks**:

- Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
- Manage landscaping projects
- Estimate costs
- Survey and assess designated sites
- 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
- 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
- Drive trucks to transport materials and well service equipment
**Supervision**:

- Public works maintenance equipment operators
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Horticulturist Trade Certification
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certification
- Arboriculturists Trade Certification
- Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
- Landscape Architecture Technologist Certificate
- Landscape Architecture Technician Certificate
- Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification
**Landscaping experience**:

- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
**Construction specialization**:

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

- Hydroponic culture
- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
- Horticulture
- Tree service
**Security and safety**:

- Driving record check (abstract)
**Transportation/travel information**:

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

- Ability to work independently
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

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

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- 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?
- What is your current level of study?
**Financial benefits**:

- As per collective agreement