Landscape Horticulturist

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 80 hours bi-weekly
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- or equivalent experience
- ** Asset languages**:

- Spanish; Castilian
- ** Work site environment**:

- All weather conditions
- ** Work setting**:

- Work in employer's/client's home
- Various locations
- Landscape contractor
- Residential
- Private company, corporation or industry
- Municipal government
- ** Tasks**:

- Build models
- Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
- Plan the incorporation of landscape structures
- Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
- Manage landscaping projects
- Prepare conceptual designs
- Prepare proposals
- Estimate costs
- Prepare presentation graphics and drawings
- Write specifications
- Survey and assess designated sites
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Assess the health of lawns
- Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
- Plant and move trees
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Horticulturist Trade Certification
- Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
- Landscape Architecture Technologist Certificate
- Landscape Architecture Technician Certificate
- Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification
- ** Computer and technology knowledge**:

- SketchUp
- ** Landscaping experience**:

- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
- Park and recreation sites
- ** Specialization or experience**:

- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
- ** Area of specialization**:

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

- Criminal record check
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

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

- Ability to work independently
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- ** 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 shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- 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?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- ** Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
- Gasoline paid
- ** Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer
- Transportation provided by employer