Landscaping foreman/woman

• Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
• Langue de travail: Anglais
• Heures de travail: 30 to 40 hours per week
• Education:
• Expérience:

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Urban area

Tasks

• Direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns
• Organize planting of trees, gardens and lawns
• Plan, manage and supervise landscape construction work
• Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
• Train staff
• Enforce policies and procedures
• Co-ordinate activities with other work units or departments
• Build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations
• Supervise and co-ordinate activities of workers
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
• Perform snow maintenance operations including handling snowmaking and snow removal equipment

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Equipment and machinery experience

• Small engine equipment
• Sod cutter

Area of specialization

• Lawn care
• Grounds maintenance
• Landscape construction

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Excellent oral communication
• Initiative
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Dependability
• Reliability

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening

Experience

• 2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

• Morning
• On call
• Day
• Weekend