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Landscape Horticulturist
Posted on January 14, 2025
by KLon Services Ltd.
Albright, Alberta, Canada
Job Sector:
Landscape & Carpentry
Term of Employment: Full-Time
Total Views: 212
Duration: 7 calendar days (6 business days)
Last Updated: 1 week ago
Job URL: https://newworkers.ca/jobs/alberta/albright/408873710/landscape-horticulturist/
Job Description
Tasks
- Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
- Plan the incorporation of landscape structures
- Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
- Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
- Manage landscaping projects
- Estimate costs
- Prepare contracts and tenders
- 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
- Assess the health of lawns
- Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
- 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
- Plant and move trees
Experience and specialization
Landscaping experience
- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
- Park and recreation sites
- Sports field
Area of specialization
- Landscape design
- Landscape construction
- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
- Horticulture
Credentials
Apprenticeship training
- Level two apprenticeship training
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities
- Transportation provided by employer
- Parking available