arborist
Tip Top Tree Service Ltd
Victoria, BC, CA
$30-$35 an hour (estimated)
Permanent
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience : 5 years or more
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Dangerous
- At heights
- Noisy
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Urban area
- Remote location
- Landscape contractor
Tasks
- Manage landscaping projects
- Prepare proposals
- Estimate costs
- Prepare presentation graphics and drawings
- Write specifications
- Survey and assess designated sites
- Prepare contracts and tenders
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and / or gardens
- Assess the health of lawns
- Direct crews who maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes
- 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certification
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Excel
- MS Word
Area of specialization
- Landscape design
- Landscape construction
- Horticultural consulting
Transportation / travel information
- Own vehicle
- 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
- Tools
- Safety equipment / gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits
- Travel insurance
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