Landscaper

Work site environment

• Noisy
• Outdoors

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
• Write specifications
• Survey and assess designated sites
• Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
• 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

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling