Job description
Landscape Maintenance Labourer – Seasonal Hire
Job Description:
Katsura Landscaping, started up in 2006, and offers high quality fine gardening and landscape renovations, an excellent staff training program, career planning, excellent wages, health benefits, and fun company events.
We are growing yet again and are inviting skilled Landscape Maintenance Gardeners to come and enhance their career path with us. Katsura is the right place for passionate gardeners with a passion to learn, where we pay for horticulture training to work up to the Foreperson position!
Come work with us on the North Shore and be part of our family in a fun work environment!
Landscape Maintenance Labourer
Reports to: Foreperson
Core Capabilities:
- Passion for attention to detail – with gardens and customers
- Communicates effectively and promptly
- Thrives on shared teamwork
- Problem-solves with a balance between logic and creativity
- Responsible and conscientious
- Good attitude
Job Duties will include:
- Assisting at our yard for start and end of day tasks when requested.
- All aspects of Garden and Lawn maintenance to a high ‘fine-gardening’ standard.
- Move and install soil, mulch and plant material to assist with the building of landscape gardens
- Tree, shrub, and plant identification and all types of pruning, planting, installing sod, lawn fertilization and other horticultural tasks as required
- Adept and professional use of all common horticulture hand- and power-tools of the trade.
- Wear appropriate personal protective equipment at all times.
- Comply with all company policies, and work in accordance with all local health and safety laws and regulations.
- Communicate with customers and teammates in a friendly manner.
Requirements:
- Physically fit with strong stamina
- Ability to follow safe working procedures
- Excellent observational skills and a strong attention to detail
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
Assets:
· Drivers license
Work Conditions:
- Job requires the ability to work with hand tools and small engine equipment, outdoors, and at times on hilly, uneven or terraced terrain.
- Some materials handled daily are heavy, and require a level of fitness/strength to perform normal garden and landscape tasks, which include lifting, carrying, bending, crouching, walking, standing.
- Work outdoors in various weather conditions, seasons, and around power equipment.
- Work overtime when required (occasionally when needed)
Compensation:
- Guaranteed Living Wage - $27.15 / hour after 3 months probation period. $23 / hour for first 3 months.
- Benefits package after 3 months
- We are a living wage employer, meaning we pay a minimum standard according to Living Wage BC, for Metro Vancouver
*Please reach out and let us know why you’re the right person to join our team!
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 3 months
Pay: $27.15 per hour
Benefits:
Experience:
- Landscape maintenance: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
