What the posting asks for

• 2 to 3 years' experience
• High school
• English

From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.

Hours and terms

• 40 hours a week
• Shifts: weekends, shifts, overtime
• Full time, Permanent employment
• In person

Usually needed for this kind of work

• Experience as a landscape or horticulture supervisor or as a landscape or horticulture technician is required.
• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Experience in the type of work supervised is required.
• A college diploma, specialized courses or industry-related training and certification in landscaping and horticulture are usually required.
• A provincial licence to apply chemical fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides may be required.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services (NOC 82031). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

• Supervise and coordinate the activities of workers who maintain lawns, gardens, athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, interior plantscapes and other landscaped areas
• Tender bids on contracts for landscaping and grounds maintenance work
• Plan and estimate the materials and labour requirements for individual contracts
• Organize the planting and maintenance of trees, gardens, lawns, shrubs and hedges and the construction and installation of fences, decks, patios, walkways and retaining walls
• Establish work schedules and procedures and coordinate activities with other work units
• Resolve work-related problems and prepare and submit progress and other reports

About the employer

• Industry: Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
• Region: Kootenay Region