Landscape Technician

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
**Work setting**:

- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Landscape contractor
**Tasks**:

- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Assess the health of lawns
- Plan and construct landscaped environments which may include trees, shrubberies, lawns, fences, decks, patios and other landscape structures
- 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
**Landscaping experience**:

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

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

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

- Driving record check (abstract)
**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
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

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

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
**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?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is your current field of study?