Horticulture workers supervisor
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais ou Français
- Heures de travail: 35 to 55 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- College/CEGEP
- Landscaping and groundskeeping
- Construction/heavy equipment/earthmoving equipment operation
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
Tasks
- Direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns
- Hire, supervise and schedule staff
- Organize planting of trees, gardens and lawns
- Schedule work
- Plan and estimate labour and materials
- Organize and direct construction of decks and decorative or retaining walls
- Plan, manage and supervise landscape construction work
- Maintain work records and logs
- Read blueprints and drawings
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
- Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
Supervision
- 3-4 people
- Working groups
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Certified Landscape Horticulturist Technician (CLHT)
Area of work experience
- Landscaping
Area of specialization
- Tree service
- Grounds maintenance
- Landscape construction
- Land planning and development
Security and safety
- Driver's validity licence check
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Team player
- Flexibility
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Experience
- 5 years or more
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Other benefits
Support for persons with disabilities
- Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
Support for Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)