General labourer - landscaping

• Durée de l'emploi: Temporaire
• Langue de travail: Anglais ou Français
• Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
• Education:
• Expérience:

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dusty
• Hot

Work setting

• Urban area
• Landscape contractor
• Various locations
• Landscape maintenance
• Park and recreation sites
• Municipal government
• Commercial

Tasks

• Assist with landscape constructions
• Tie and secure plants
• Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
• Rake and collect refuse
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
• Repair and maintain equipment
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment

Equipment and machinery experience

• Pick-up truck
• Small engine equipment

Area of work experience

• Cleaning
• Snow removal

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality
• Hardworking
• Maturity
• Resourcefulness

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?

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Evening

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

• Shift
• Flexible hours
• Morning
• Night
• On call
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime required
• Overtime available

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth

Support for Veterans

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

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.)