ID LH0035 Horticulture Technician (Vancouver)

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

Applications for ID LH0035 Horticulture Technician (Vancouver) are closed.