General Labourer – Landscaping

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 905602570
  • Open Date: April 17, 2024
  • Close Date: July 10, 2024
  • Organization: Nature's Reflections Landscaping Ltd.
  • Sector: Landscape & Carpentry
  • Business Location:Upper LaHave, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Job Details

  • Experience: Not mandatory
  • Job Vacancies: 10
  • Compensation: $17.00 to $22.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 35 to 50 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Apply by: email to [email protected]
  • Education: High school graduation certificate

Job Description

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
  • Apply fertilizers
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
  • Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
  • Tree removal

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Child Abuse Registry check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver’s licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • 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
  • Rain gear

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Punctuality
  • Creativity
  • Hardworking

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Pension plan

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer