landscaper

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Golf course

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Manage landscaping projects
• Prepare conceptual designs
• Prepare proposals
• Estimate costs
• Prepare presentation graphics and drawings
• Survey and assess designated sites
• 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

Computer and technology knowledge

• AutoCAD
• SketchUp

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction
• Restoration and preservation projects

Area of specialization

• Landscape design
• Landscape construction
• Horticultural consulting
• Plant knowledge and identification

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality