Job Position: Non-Apprenticeship Position
Salary: Negotiable depending on abilities and experience
Job Requirement
- have a diploma/certificate in the landscape industry and at least 2 years field experience
- full drivers’ license and be able to provide drivers abstract
- Knowledgeable in safe use of power equipment
- have experience on ladders while using power equipment
- have fairly good plant I.D. followed with good pruning skills
- have an ability to work with a team or individually
- be punctual and take pride in their work
- have a positive attitude
- have a keen eye for detail
- must have own secateurs and gardening gloves
- must have proper footwear (e.g. steel toed boots), raingear etc.
- have endurance and be physically fit for strenuous tasks as this is physical work
Transportation Requirements
- Must have Drivers license
Job Description
– ensuring proper tools are brought to sites and back to the shop
– driving company trucks in a safe manner (no trailers)
– garden beds : weeding, pruning, mulching, edging, fall leaf cleanup, renos
– lawns : cutting, trimming, edging, fertilizing, liming and renos
– hedges : shearing on and off of ladders, renovation cuts as requested
– quick and efficient use of power blowers
– helping to keep shop tidy and clean
– disposing of green waste at a disposal facility
Job Location
Vancouver
Additional Information
We offer extended benefits after 3 full months of work performed
We support education and offer opportunities to go to seminars
We pay for overtime as it occurs