Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Noisy
• Dusty

Work setting

• Work in employer's / client's home
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Landscape contractor
• Remote location
• Various locations
• Landscape maintenance
• Park and recreation sites
• Private residence
• Commercial

Tasks

• Assist with landscape constructions
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
• Lay sod or seed
• Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
• Plant and move trees

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects

Type of related experience

• Landscape construction

Equipment and machinery experience

• Small engine equipment
• Skidsteer
• Automated irrigation system

Construction specialization

• Stone garden walls
• Rock gardens
• Retaining walls
• Poured concrete
• Interlocking brick
• Fieldstone paths
• Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation / travel information

• Own transportation
• Willing to travel regularly
• Valid driver's licence
• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools / equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Team player
• Hardworking
• Maturity

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

Workplace information

• On the road job