Landscape Labourer

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 48 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
- **Work site environment**:

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

- Work in employer's/client's home
- Staff accommodation available
- Urban area
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Landscape maintenance
- On-site customer service
- Private residence
- ** Tasks**:

- Assist with landscape constructions
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Cut grass
- Rake and collect refuse
- Remove litter and garbage
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Lay sod or seed
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Not required
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Front end loader
- Gravel or dump truck
- Pick-up truck
- Roto-tiller
- Small engine equipment
- Tractor
- Tractor mower
- Weed trimmer/edger
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

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

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

- Client focus
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- ** 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?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?