Landscape labourer

Coastal Grounds Maintenance Ltd situated in Burnaby, BC is currently looking for applications for the role of Landscape labourer who is a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills. The selected candidate for this position will be expected to start work promptly. The available positions are for Permanent employment or Full time job. The shift times for this position are Day, Weekend, Overtime, To be determined, Early Morning, Morning, 07:30 to 16:00.

Employer Name: Coastal Grounds Maintenance Ltd
Position: Landscape labourer
No. of vacancies: 10
Salary: $19.00 to $26.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full time
Location: Burnaby, BC

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Hiring: Landscape labourer

Job Description

  • The candidate must assist with landscape construction.
  • The candidate must weed, prune, and trim trees and plants.
  • The candidate must cut grass.
  • The candidate must rake and collect trash.
  • The candidate must remove garbage and litter.
  • The candidate must cart and spread topsoil and other materials.
  • The candidate must lay sod or seed.
  • The candidate must plant trees, shrubs, flowers, and bulbs.
  • The candidate must apply fertilizers.
  • The candidate will be responsible for watering and maintaining plants, lawns, and/or gardens.
  • The candidate must operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment.
  • The candidate will be responsible for removing trees.
  • The candidate will be responsible for examining trees and shrubs to identify problems and diseases.
  • The candidate must apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions.
  • The candidate will be responsible for directing crews that maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes.
  • The candidate must plant and move trees.
  • The candidate must apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides, and other lawn care products.
  • The candidate must plan and coordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental purposes, and other purposes.
  • The candidate must plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens.
  • The candidate must assess the health of lawns.

Job Requirements

  • The candidate should be fluent in English language.
  • There are no standard education requirements such as a bachelor’s degree, a certificate, or a diploma.
  • The candidate should be client focused.
  • The candidate should have effective interpersonal skills.
  • The candidate must be well-organized.
  • The candidate should be reliable.
  • The candidate should be a good team player.
  • The candidate must have excellent oral communication skills.

Student status

  • The candidate must be enrolled as a full-time student.

Work site environment

  • The candidate will be required to work long hours in an outdoor environment.
  • The candidate must be able to work in wet/damp, dusty and hot conditions.

Work setting

  • The candidate must be willing to work in a setting that includes sports fields, park and recreation sites, lawn care companies, and institutional construction.
  • The candidate should work in an urban area with a high population density.
  • The candidate should work as a landscape contractor to create and construct large and small projects for residential and commercial properties.
  • The candidate should work in various locations when employees are scattered across different worksites.
  • The candidate should work in the landscape maintenance division, which is the art and profession of keeping a landscape healthy, clean, safe, and attractive, usually in a garden, yard, park, institutional setting, or estate.
  • The candidate should have an on-site customer service system where employees work in an office or business location.
  • The candidate should work in commercial and industrial construction. “Industrial” refers to any business dealing with manufacturing goods. “Commercial” refers to any business done with the sole motive of gaining a profit.

Experience and specialization

Landscaping experience

  • The candidate must have landscaping experience in residential projects.

Equipment and machinery experience

  • The candidate must have experience operating a pick-up truck, sod cutter, tractor mower, and weed trimmer/edger.

Additional information

Security and safety

  • The candidate should be subjected to a thorough criminal background check.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • The candidate must finished the work with in the given time line.
  • The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks on frequent basis.
  • The candidate should be required to handle heavy loads as part of routine work.
  • The candidate should be prepared to perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
  • The candidate should have an eye for details.
  • The candidate must be willing to work long hours in sitting, standing, and walking positions.
  • The candidate must be willing to walk for long periods of time.
  • The candidate must be willing to work long hours in bending, crouching, and kneeling positions.

Own tools/equipment

  • The candidate must have steel-toed safety boots, safety glasses/goggles, safety vest, gloves, and ear plugs.

How to Apply

If you are enthusiastic about applying, please use the available alternatives to submit your application.

By email

m_handfield@coastalgrounds.ca

Note

Please include the following while sending the application

  • Job reference number- LMT2025
  • References attesting experience
  • Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
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