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landscaper Verified This job was posted directly by the employer on Job Bank.

With some duties as a landscape technician

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Employer details Blade Landscaping

Job details

  • LocationHalifax, NS
  • Salary18.00 to 30.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 30 to 50 hours per week
  • Terms of employment Seasonal employmentFull time
  • Day, Evening, Weekend, Early Morning, Morning
  • Start dateStarts as soon as 2024-07-02
  • vacancies 2 vacancies
  • Source Job Bank #2971977

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Work site environment

  • Outdoors

Work setting

  • Construction company
  • Various locations
  • Lawn care company
  • Landscape contractor
  • Residential
  • Excavation
  • Horticulture and/or gardening

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Plan the incorporation of landscape structures
  • Manage landscaping projects
  • Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
  • Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
  • Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
  • 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

Experience and specialization

Type of materials

  • Concrete products

Type of heavy equipment operated

  • Backhoe excavator, loader

Landscaping experience

  • Residential projects
  • Commercial and/or industrial construction

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Skidsteer

Area of work experience

  • Snow removal

Construction specialization

  • Automated irrigation system
  • Fieldstone paths
  • Interlocking brick
  • Ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls
  • Poured concrete
  • Retaining walls
  • Rock gardens
  • Stone garden walls
  • Irrigation and drainage

Area of specialization

  • Landscape construction
  • Plant knowledge and identification

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Punctuality

Who can apply to this job?

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.

If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.

Advertised until

2024-07-08

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landscaper NOC 22114 Halifax Region
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