horticultural technician

Work site environment

• Noisy
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Work in employer's/client's home
• Garden centre
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Remote location
• Various locations
• Lawn care company
• Nursery - horticulture
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Landscape contractor

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Write specifications
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
• Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
• Assess the health of lawns
• Direct crews who maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
• Plan and co-ordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental uses and other purposes
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
• Plant and move trees

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Horticulturist Trade Certification
• Arboriculturists Trade Certification
• Landscape Gardener Trade Certification
• Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) certification

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Excel
• MS Outlook
• MS Word

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Restoration and preservation projects

Area of specialization

• Landscape construction
• Horticultural consulting
• Plant knowledge and identification
• Propagation

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driving record check (abstract)
• Eligible for professional liability insurance
• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Gloves
• Ear plugs
• Mask
• Safety vest

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

• Other benefits