landscaper
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 30 to 44 hours per week
- Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience : 7 months to less than 1 year
Work site environment
Outdoors
Work setting
- Garden centre
- Various locations
- Landscape contractor
Tasks
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and / or gardens
- Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
- Assess the health of lawns
- 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
Security and safety
Bondable
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
- Travel insurance
Support for persons with disabilities
Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
Recruits newcomers and / or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example : Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
Support for youths
Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
Support for Veterans
Recruits Veterans and other candidates with military experience through targeted hiring initiatives (for example : job fairs, outreach programs etc.)
Support for Indigenous people
Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities