Toronto - Landscape technician

Overview

Languages

English

• 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.

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• Dangerous
• Noisy
• Outdoors
• All weather conditions

• Construction company
• Work in employer's/client's home
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Remote location
• Various locations
• Lawn care company
• Nursery - horticulture
• Landscape contractor
• Residential
• Private company, corporation or industry

Responsibilities

• Manage landscaping projects
• Write specifications
• Survey and assess designated sites
• 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
• Plant and move trees
• Tree removal
• Operate chainsaw to fell, delimb and buck trees
• Drive tank trucks or supply trucks
• Operate industrial trucks, tractors and other mobile equipment

Credentials

• Horticulturist Trade Certification
• Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
• Landscape Architecture Technologist Certificate
• Landscape Architecture Technician Certificate
• Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification
• Certified Landscape Horticulturist Technician (CLHT)
• Landscape Horticulturist Red Seal Certificate

Experience and specialization

• Truck

• DynaSCAPE
• Adobe Photoshop
• AutoCAD
• MS Excel
• MS Word
• SketchUp

• Dump truck

• Compactor
• Backhoe excavator, loader
• Front end loader

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction
• Park and recreation sites
• Restoration and preservation projects

• Small front end loaders
• Concrete saws

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

• Green economy sector
• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

• Landscape design
• Landscape construction
• Horticultural consulting
• Plant knowledge and identification
• Horticulture

Additional information

• Bondable
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Criminal record check

• Own vehicle
• Valid driver's licence

• 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

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves
• Mask
• Rain gear

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

Benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Bonus
• Gasoline paid
• Gratuities
• Mileage paid

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Team building opportunities
• Transportation provided by employer
• Parking available
• Variable or compressed work week