General labourer - landscaping

• Work Term: Temporary • Work Language: English or French • Hours: 40 hours per week • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years Work site environment • Outdoors • At heights • Wet/damp • Noisy • Cold/refrigerated • Dusty • Hot Work setting • Urban area • Landscape contractor • Various locations • Landscape maintenance • Park and recreation sites • Municipal government • Commercial Tasks • Assist with landscape constructions • Tie and secure plants • Weed, prune and trim trees and plants • Rake and collect refuse • Cart and spread topsoil and other materials • Repair and maintain equipment • Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens • Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment Equipment and machinery experience • Pick-up truck • Small engine equipment Area of work experience • Cleaning • Snow removal Work conditions and physical capabilities • Repetitive tasks • Handling heavy loads • Physically demanding • Attention to detail • Combination of sitting, standing, walking • Walking • Bending, crouching, kneeling Own tools/equipment • Safety equipment/gear Personal suitability • Client focus • Dependability • Efficient interpersonal skills • Flexibility • Organized • Reliability • Team player • Punctuality • Hardworking • Maturity • Resourcefulness Screening questions • Are you available for shift or on-call work? • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting? • Do you have experience working in this field? Employment terms options • Early morning • Evening Employment terms options • Shift • Flexible hours • Morning • Night • On call • Day • Weekend • Overtime required • Overtime available Support for newcomers and refugees • Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.) • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees Support for youths • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth Support for Veterans • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans Support for Indigenous people • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers Support for mature workers • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers Supports for visible minorities • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.) • Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees