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general labourer - landscaping Verified

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Employer details Nature's Reflections Landscaping Ltd.

Job details

  • LocationUpper LaHave, NS
  • Salary17.00 to 22.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 35 to 50 hours per week
  • Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
  • Day, To be determined
  • Start date Starts as soon as possible
  • Benefits: Health benefits, Financial benefits, Other benefits
  • vacancies 10 vacancies
  • Verified
  • Source Job Bank #2875521

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Dusty
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Landscape contractor
  • Various locations
  • Landscape maintenance

Responsibilities

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

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Chain saw
  • Front end loader
  • Pick-up truck
  • Roto-tiller
  • Small engine equipment
  • Sprayer or duster
  • Tractor
  • Tractor mower
  • Weed trimmer/edger
  • Skidsteer

Area of work experience

  • Snow removal

Additional information

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

Employment groups Help - Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for youths
  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youths
Support for Indigenous people
  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations

Who can apply to this job?

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.

If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.

Advertised until

2024-05-11

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