Landscaper - Maintenance

Landscaper - Maintenance (NOC 22114)

Employer: Landform Inc.

Job Location: Various locations in the Calgary, AB area. Travel expenses paid by employer.

Wage: $21.00 – $ 22.00/hour (based on skills and experience, Salary increase as per company policy)

Employment terms and conditions: Seasonal Employment, Full-time, 40 to 72 hours per week (hours are weather-dependent), Overtime, Early morning, Morning, Day, Weekend

Vacancies: 10

Anticipated start date: Spring 2024 (Actual start date is weather-dependent)

Job requirements:

Language: Basic English

Education: No education required

Experience: 1 year of related experience

Worksite environment: Outdoors

Work setting: Landscape contractor

Landscaping experience: Commercial and industrial landscape maintenance

Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots

Work conditions and physical capabilities: Able to work long hours (8-12 hours/day, 5-6 days/week), Attention to detail, Repetitive tasks, Handling heavy, Physically demanding, Manual dexterity, Ability to distinguish between colours, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight Handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal Suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills, Flexibility, Organized, Reliability, Team player

Area of Specialization: Landscape maintenance

Equipment: Power lawn mowers, trimmers, blowers, pruners

Duties:
• 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,
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens,
• Plant and move trees,
• Weed, prune and trim trees and plants,
• Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
• Remove litter and garbage
• Cutgrass,
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials by hand or wheelbarrow
• Rake and collect refuse,
• Lay sod/seed/mulch
• Install mulch and other decorative rock
• Safely and Effectively use push mowers, trimmer, blowers and ride on mowers)
• Assist with hand leveling/grading loam (shoveling/raking)
• Understand and follow the Landform Safety Program
• Be equipped and able to work in all weather conditions