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Job Details

Landscape Labourer

Employer

Wright Tree Service of Canada LTD

Date Posted

March 16, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $17.00 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Apr 15, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

Wright Tree Service of Canada LTD

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Noisy
  • Dangerous

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Remote location
  • Various locations
  • Lawn care company

Tasks

  • Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
  • Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
  • Survey and assess designated sites
  • Manage landscaping projects
  • Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
  • Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
  • Plant and move trees
  • Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
  • 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
  • Assess the health of lawns

Transportation/travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Excellent oral communication

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Green job

Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

  • Maternity and parental benefits
  • Other benefits

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Landscape Labourer 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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