Landscaper
Gurbaring Contracting Ltd.
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
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
- Odours
- Noisy
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Construction company
- Various locations
- Landscape contractor
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Estimate costs
- 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
- 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
Experience and specialization
Landscaping experience
- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
Construction specialization
- Fieldstone paths
- Interlocking brick
- Poured concrete
- Retaining walls
Area of specialization
- Landscape construction
- Plant knowledge and identification
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Other benefits
- Other benefits