labourer, landscape

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Dusty
• Hot

Work setting

• Work in employer's/client's home
• Sports field
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Landscape contractor
• Various locations
• Landscape maintenance
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Park and recreation sites
• Lawn care company
• Commercial and/or industrial construction

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist with landscape constructions
• Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
• Cut grass
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
• Lay sod or seed
• Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
• Apply fertilizers
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
• Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
• Plant and move trees
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens

Experience and specialization

Type of heavy equipment operated

• Loader

Landscaping experience

• Restoration and preservation projects
• Residential projects

Type of related experience

• Landscape construction

Equipment and machinery experience

• Chain saw
• Gravel or dump truck
• Pick-up truck
• Sod cutter
• Weed trimmer/edger
• Lawn mowers
• Automated irrigation system

Construction specialization

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

Area of specialization

• Plant knowledge and identification

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• 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
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Excellent oral communication

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities