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Job Details

Landscaping Contractor

Employer

Leaf Ninjas

Date Posted

February 27, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Rocky View, AB
  • Earnings $22.00 to $26.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 32 to 55 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Mar 29, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Leaf Ninjas

Languages

English

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

Outdoors

Tasks

  • Direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns
  • Repair and maintain equipment
  • Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
  • Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products

Landscaping experience

Restoration and preservation projects

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Chain saw
  • Pick-up truck
  • Small engine equipment

Specialization or experience

  • Green economy sector
  • Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Area of specialization

  • Tree service
  • Grounds maintenance
  • Landscape construction

Security and safety

Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

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

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site amenities
  • On-site recreation and activities
  • Team building opportunities

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Landscaping Contractor is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Contractors and Managers
DIRECTIVE

Interest in supervising and hiring staff; and in controlling the operations of maintenance services

OBJECTIVE

Interest in organizing and directing the planting and maintenance of trees, gardens, lawns, shrubs and hedges, and the construction and installation of fences, decks, patios, walkways and retaining walls

METHODICAL

Interest in co-ordinating information to plan and estimate the materials and labour requirements for contracts

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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