Landscape Horticulturist

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/
Full-Time
Application end: Mar 26, 2025 Shortlist
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