New Job Landscape Technician In British Columbia

• No degree, certificate or diploma

• 1 to less than 7 months

Additional Skills

• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens

Work Setting

• Construction company

Work Site Environment

• Outdoors

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Work Location Information

• Various locations

Landscaping Experience

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction

Personal Suitability

• Flexibility
• Team player
• Client focus
• Reliability
• Organized

Landscape and Horticulture Technicians and Specialists Specific Skills

• Survey and assess designated sites
• Manage landscaping projects
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
• Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
• Plant and move trees
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
• Plan and co-ordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental uses and other purposes
• Plan and construct landscaped environments which may include trees, shrubberies, lawns, fences, decks, patios and other landscape structures
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
• Assess the health of lawns

Student status

• Full time enrollment