Landscape technician

Now hiring: Landscape technician at KLon Services Ltd. in Albright, AB. Ideally suited for a motivated individual ready to join the team immediately. Position status: Permanent employment or Full time. Flexible availability required for: Overtime required, Day, Weekend.

Job Description

• The candidate must interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation.
• The candidate must plan the incorporation of landscape structures.
• The candidate must trim trees to achieve desired pruning objectives, such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, or vista pruning.
• The candidate must manage landscaping projects.
• The candidate must prepare proposals.
• The candidate must water and tend to plants, lawns, and/or gardens.
• The candidate must apply lawn care products such as fertilizers and pesticides.
• The candidate must apply various treatments to trees, such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas, and injecting treatment solutions.
• The candidate must assess the health of lawns.
• The candidate must examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease.
• The candidate must plan and coordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental, and other purposes.
• The candidate must plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens.
• The candidate must plant and move trees.
• The candidate must perform tree removal.

Job Requirements

• The candidate must be fluent in English.
• The candidate must have a College/CEGEP diploma.
• Equivalent professional experience accepted.
• The candidate should be client-focused.
• The candidate should have efficient interpersonal skills.
• The candidate must have excellent oral communication skills.
• The candidate must have excellent written communication skills.
• The candidate must be flexible.
• The candidate must be well-organized.
• The candidate must be reliable.
• The candidate must be a good team player.
• The candidate must be punctual.

Work Site Environment

• The work site environment is noisy, and the candidate must be able to work with complete concentration even in such conditions.
• The candidate will be required to work long hours in an outdoor environment.
• The candidate must work in all weather conditions.

Work Setting

• The candidate must work in a construction company.
• The candidate should work in a rural area; most people live or work on farms or ranches. Hamlets, villages, towns, and other small settlements are in or surrounded by rural areas.
• The candidate must work in a greenhouse to cultivate plants, manage growth conditions, and ensure healthy production.
• The candidate must work from a remote location, performing their duties from a site other than the employer’s central office while maintaining productivity and communication.
• The candidate should work in various locations when employees are scattered across different worksites.
• The candidate must work in a lawn care company to maintain landscaping, operate equipment, and provide quality outdoor services.
• The candidate must work in a horticultural nursery to cultivate, maintain, and manage plants and landscaping products.
• The candidate should be willing to relocate and be ready to move to a new city/different city for a job.
• The applicant should work as a landscape contractor to create and construct large and small projects for residential and commercial properties.
• The candidate must work in residential settings, performing tasks on one-, two-, and three-family dwellings.
• The candidate must work in a private company, corporation, or industry.

Additional Information

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• The candidate must have the ability to work independently.
• The candidate should have an eye for detail.
• The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks frequently.
• The candidate should be required to handle heavy loads as part of routine work.
• The candidate must perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
• The candidate must be able to perform tasks requiring manual dexterity.
• The candidate must be able to distinguish between colours.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in various positions, including those that require sitting, standing, and walking, as well as those that involve physical activity.
• The candidate must be willing to work in a standing position for extended periods.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in bending, crouching, and kneeling positions.

Transportation/travel information

• The candidate must have a valid driver’s licence.

Benefits

• The candidate will receive a dental plan covering expenses for dental treatments and procedures.
• The candidate will receive a health care plan, providing coverage for medical and surgical expenses.
• The candidate will receive paramedical services coverage as part of traditional health insurance or Extended Health Care (EHC) benefits, including coverage for a variety of healthcare practitioners.
• The candidate will receive vision care benefits, covering or reducing the cost of eye exams and medical eye care.
• The selected candidate will receive life insurance to provide financial support to their loved ones in the event of their passing.
• The candidate will receive free parking; there is no additional charge for parking on the property.
• The employer will pay for the candidate's learning/training.
• The candidate will have access to on-site recreation and activities.
• The candidate will have access to team-building opportunities.

How to apply

Use the provided options and submit your application if you are interested.

By email

katherine@klonservices.ca

By phone

7805390303

By mail

64026 Township Road 721A
Grande Prairie, AB
T8X 4K9

• Cover letter
• Answers to the following screening questions:
• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Do you have experience working in this field?