General labourer – landscaping

Job details
- Etobicoke, ON
- $18.75 to 21.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
- 30 to 50 hours per week
- Permanent full time employment
- Shifts: Evening, Night, Early Morning, Morning

Benefits: Health benefi ts, Long term benefi ts, Other benefi ts

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma required

Experience: 0 to less than 7 months

Worksite environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- Work setting
- Various locations

Responsibilities/Tasks:
- Assist with landscape constructions
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Cut grass
- Rake and collect refuse
- Remove litter and garbage
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Lay sod or seed
- Plant bulbs, fl owers, shrubs and trees
- Apply fertilizers
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment

Equipment and Machinery Experience:
- Chain saw
- Pick-up truck
- Small engine equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Tractor mower
- Weed trimmer/edger

Additional information:
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
- Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Cellular phone
- Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player

Benefits:
- Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
- Long term benefits
- Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available
- Wellness program