Landscape Horticulturist

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Work in employer's/client's home
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Various locations
• Landscape contractor

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
• Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
• Manage landscaping projects
• Survey and assess designated sites
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
• Assess the health of lawns
• 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Horticulturist Trade Certification
• Landscape Gardener Trade Certification

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Own vehicle
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Gloves
• Rain gear

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities
• Other benefits
• Parking available
• Variable or compressed work week