Landscape Worker

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Odours
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dusty
• Hot

Work setting

• Work in employer's/client's home
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Landscape contractor
• Remote location
• Various locations
• Farm
• Landscape maintenance
• Cemetery or crematorium
• Park and recreation sites
• Private residence
• Shipyards
• Campground workers
• College or university educational institution/establishment
• Landfill
• Municipal government
• Commercial
• Greenhouse
• Associations and non profit organizations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist with landscape constructions
• Tie and secure plants
• Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
• Cut grass
• Rake and collect refuse
• Remove litter and garbage
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
• Lay sod or seed
• Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
• Apply fertilizers
• Repair and maintain equipment
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
• Tree removal

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Provincial licence/certification to apply chemical fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides
• Landscape Horticulturist Red Seal Certificate

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Chain saw
• Roto-tiller
• Small engine equipment
• Sprayer or duster
• Weed trimmer/edger

Area of work experience

• Cleaning
• Snow removal

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation
• Own vehicle
• Willing to travel regularly
• Willing to travel overnight
• Valid driver's licence
• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality
• Hardworking
• Maturity
• Resourcefulness