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Landscape Labourer
Employer
Wright Tree Service of Canada LTDDate Posted
March 16, 2023Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $17.00 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 3  Vacancies
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Closing Date Apr 15, 2023
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
- METHODICAL
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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
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Interest in operating power mowers, tractors, snowblowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, pruning saws and other equipment
- innovative
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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
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.