landscape horticulturist

at  Habitat Habanero Yard and Garden Care

• Work Term: Seasonal
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 80 hours bi-weekly
• Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
• or equivalent experience

COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE

• SketchUp

LANDSCAPING EXPERIENCE

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction
• Park and recreation sites

SPECIALIZATION OR EXPERIENCE

• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

• Build models
• Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
• Plan the incorporation of landscape structures
• Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
• Manage landscaping projects
• Prepare conceptual designs
• Prepare proposals
• Estimate costs
• Prepare presentation graphics and drawings
• Write specifications
• Survey and assess designated sites
• 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
• Assess the health of lawns
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
• Plant and move trees