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Reporting to the Horticultural Foreperson, this position diagnoses flower, shrub, and turf problems and sprays as needed: selects required pesticide, calibrate required amounts and apply, ensuring safety, designs, prepares, and maintains annual and shrub beds and planters, including selecting flowers/shrubs, laying topsoil, fertilizer. Plants, cultivates, prunes and fertilizes. Inspects beds and performs required maintenance; sprays with pesticides as needed, directs assigned staff including assigning and verifying on-site work, responsible for an individual budget for the year, selection of trees and shrubs needed for replacement or new planting, Prunes, maintains, transplants trees; checks for damage/disease, potential hazards, etc. and refers problems to Treeperson as needed, responds to on-site public requests, provides information, maintains turf areas: cuts/mows, fertilizes, aerates, dethatches, irrigates, seeds, sods, applies top dressing and applies herbicides/pesticides, design and maintain turf and flower bed irrigation systems, maintains indoor plants; waters, fertilizes, repots, and applies pesticides, prepare stock requirement for tender and provide input with regard to suppliers, attend related seminars, trade shows and maintain certifications, operates tractors, mowers, chainsaw, brush chipper, water and spraying equipment, snow removal equipment, and hand tools, maintains equipment/tools, and sets-up for Park projects. e.g. removes trees, plants or transplants/stakes, maintains park areas including litter and debris pick-up, removing and replacing garbage cans, overpainting graffiti, checking Park buildings for cleanliness, etc, repairs, assembles Park facilities, i.e. constructs or repairs planters, beds, fencing, signs, pathways, sports facilities (e.g. bleachers), etc, provides advice to Foreperson and Landscape Architects regarding horticulture, maintenance routines, pathways, and other park planning matters, performs winter maintenance: operates equipment to clear snow from park walkways, bridges, outdoor ice rinks, etc. Salts and sands park areas; grooms ski trails, inspects Park facilities/fixtures on an on-going basis to identify required repairs, and to ensure public safety and informs Foreperson of required work.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
· High school (Grade 12) graduation plus an additional program of over one and up to two years in Landscape Technology, Horticulture or equivalent;
· Over two (2) years, up to and including four (4) years of in a horticulture, greens keeping or gardening environment;
· A valid, non-probationary Ontario Class D licence with airbrake Z endorsement; (Candidates who do not possess the DZ license must complete this requirement as a condition of employment within the first three months)
OTHER SKILLS AND ASSETS:
· Landscape Licence for Pesticides from Ontario Ministry of Environment;
· Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with an emphasis on customer service;
· Able to work independently and as part of a team;
· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office. |
