Horticulture Specialist

Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language:
English
- Hours:
30 to 48 hours per week
- Education:
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience:
1 to less than 7 months
**Work site environment**:
- Odours
- Noisy
- Outdoors
**Work setting**:
- Garden centre
- Nursery - horticulture
**Tasks**:
- Prepare proposals
- Estimate costs
- Prepare presentation graphics and drawings
- Write specifications
- Survey and assess designated sites
- Prepare contracts and tenders
- Read and interpret blueprints
- 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
- Plan and construct landscaped environments which may include trees, shrubberies, lawns, fences, decks, patios and other landscape structures
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:
**Computer and technology knowledge**:
- MS Excel
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Word
**Landscaping experience**:
- Residential projects
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
- Institutional construction
- Park and recreation sites
- Restoration and preservation projects
- Sports field
**Area of specialization**:
- Horticultural consulting
- Plant knowledge and identification
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Punctuality
**Health benefits**:
- Dental plan
- Health care plan