landscape worker
Cangro Services Limited
Corner Brook, NL, CA
$16-$20 an hour
Temporary
Full-time
- Work Term : Seasonal
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Wet / damp
- Dusty
Work setting
- Landscape contractor
- Various locations
- Landscape maintenance
Tasks
- 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
- Apply fertilizers
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and / or gardens
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
Equipment and machinery experience
- Chain saw
- Pick-up truck
- Small engine equipment
- Sod cutter
- Tractor mower
- Weed trimmer / edger
Security and safety
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation / travel information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- 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
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
30+ days ago