Landscape gardener
HH LANDSCAPE SERVICES INC
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- All weather conditions
Work setting
- Construction company
- Various locations
- Lawn care company
- Landscape contractor
- Private company, corporation or industry
- Landscape maintenance
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
- 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
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Horticulturist Trade Certification
- Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
- Certified Landscape Horticulturist Technician (CLHT)
- Landscape Horticulturist Red Seal Certificate
- Chemical application certificate or licence
Experience and specialization
Landscaping experience
- Residential projects
Area of work experience
- Plant disease, pest and weed prevention and eradication
Area of specialization
- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
- Horticulture
Additional information
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver’s licence
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
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own tools/equipment
- Rain gear
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Gasoline paid
- Group insurance benefits
- Mileage paid
Other benefits
- Other benefits
- Transportation provided by employer