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Yardscape is seeking grounds maintenance personnel.
Positions maintain customers lawns, shrubs, etc. during the summer and remove snow from customer properties in the winter. Yardscape also provides landscape solutions to customers which could include pavers, rock accents, sod or other design elements.
The successful candidate will be physically fit, highly motivated and demonstrate initiative, a good work ethic, a lot of common sense and a good understanding of customer service.
A valid driver's license is a requirement as you could be driving a 1-ton truck pulling an equipment trailer. Your own reliable transportation is an asset or the ability to arrive at the work place in the early morning (6:00am in the winter).
Duties of the position could include any of the following:
Operate small engine equipment (snow blower, back pack blower, lawn mower, zero-turn mower, hedge trimmer, shovel, etc. and eventually a skid steer)
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Type of Machinery or Equipment
- Weed trimmer/edger
- Tractor
- Tractor mower
- Small engine equipment
- Snow removal truck
- Roto-tiller
- Pick-up truck
- Gravel or dump truck
- Chain saw
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Remove litter and garbage
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Lay sod or seed
- Cut grass
- Construct walkways and driveways
- Clear snow (manually, mechanized equipment, truck or scraper)
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Assist with landscape constructions
- Apply fertilizers
- Rake/ collect refuse
- Water lawns/gardens
Work Setting
- Landscape contractor
- Landscape maintenance
- Commercial establishment
Work Location Information
- On-site customer service
- Urban area
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Gloves
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Hot
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