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Job Details

Labourer, Landscape

Employer

Alpha Better Landscaping Inc.

Date Posted

September 24, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $19.50 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 44 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 30  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Oct 24, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Alpha Better Landscaping Inc.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Noisy
  • Dusty
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Sports field
  • Various locations
  • Landscape maintenance
  • Park and recreation sites

Tasks

  • Assist with landscape constructions
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
  • Cut grass
  • Rake and collect refuse
  • Remove litter and garbage
  • Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
  • Lay sod or seed
  • Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
  • Repair and maintain equipment
  • Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
  • Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Pick-up truck
  • Small engine equipment
  • Weed trimmer/edger

Security and safety

  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves

Personal suitability

  • Dependability
  • Flexibility
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Experience

Will train

Health benefits

Health care plan

Other benefits

  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Labourer, Landscape is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Labourers
METHODICAL

Interest in spraying and dusting as directed to control insects and diseases and in performing other manual duties to clean and maintain landscaped environments

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating power mowers, tractors, snowblowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, pruning saws and other equipment

innovative

Interest in comparing information to spread top soil, lay sod and plant flowers, grass, shrubs and trees; and in performing other duties to assist with the construction of landscapes and related structures

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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