Description
Landscaper - Maintenance
Employer: Landform Inc.
Job Location: Various locations in the Calgary region. The employer provides transportation to work sites.
Wage: $22.50-$24/hour (based on skills and experience, Salary increase as per company policy)
Employment terms and conditions: Seasonal Employment, Full-time, 40 to 72 hours per week (hours are weather-dependent), Overtime, Early morning, Morning, Day, Weekend
Vacancies: 6
Anticipated start date: Spring 2025 (Actual start date is weather-dependent)
Benefits: Health care plan and Dental plan after 2 years
Job requirements:
Language: Basic English
Education: No education required
Experience: 1 year of related experience
Worksite environment: Outdoors, Noisy, All weather conditions
Work setting: Landscape contractor
Landscaping experience: Commercial and industrial landscape maintenance
Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots
Work conditions and physical capabilities: Able to work long hours (8-12 hours/day, 5-6 days/week), Attention to detail, Repetitive tasks, Handling heavy, Physically demanding, Manual dexterity, Ability to distinguish between colours, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Bending, crouching, kneeling
Weight Handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal Suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills, Flexibility, Organized, Reliability, Team player
Area of Specialization: Landscape maintenance
Equipment: Power lawn mowers, trimmers, blowers, pruners
Duties:
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens,
- Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products,
- Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions,
- Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens,
- Plant and move trees,
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants,
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Remove litter and garbage
- Cutgrass,
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials by hand or wheelbarrow
- Rake and collect refuse,
- Lay sod/seed/mulch
- Install mulch and other decorative rock
- Safely and Effectively use push mowers, trimmer, blowers and ride on mowers)
- Assist with hand leveling/grading loam (shoveling/raking)
- Understand and follow the Landform Safety Program
- Be equipped and able to work in all weather conditions
How to apply:
By email: resumes@landform.ca
By mail: 283171 TWP 262 Rocky View County, AB T4A 1J8
Youth, Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, Visible minorities, Indigenous people, and Newcomers to Canada are welcome to apply.