landscaper

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

• Noisy
• Outdoors
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Urban area
• Various locations
• Relocation costs covered by employer
• Landscape contractor

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
• Plant and move trees
• Lay sod or seed
• Build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

• Commercial and/or industrial construction
• Institutional construction

Construction specialization

• Automated irrigation system
• Fieldstone paths
• Interlocking brick
• Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls
• Retaining walls
• Rock gardens
• Stone garden walls

Area of specialization

• Landscape construction
• Plant knowledge and identification
• Fences
• Decks

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus

Other benefits

• Other benefits
• Subsidised public transportation