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Landscape Horticulturist
Job Summary
Qualifications
Required Knowledge, Ability & Skills
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- A valid BC or Interprovincial Landscape Horticulture Certificate.
- A valid BC Class 5 driver’s license.
- A valid Herbicide and Pesticide applicator license/certificate as issued by the Ministry of Environment.
- Advanced knowledge of and skill in the effective and safe operation and routine maintenance of the equipment used.
- Knowledge of health and safety practices, including Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System and Workers’ Compensation Board regulations.
- Ability to plan and schedule work and organize workloads effectively.
- Good health and strength sufficient to perform the required manual tasks.
- Ability to work in confined areas and at heights.
- Ability to use courtesy and tact in explaining, exchanging data or information in contacts with public, parents, staff and students.
- Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to perform individually and as part of a team.
Description/Duties
School District No. 33 (Chilliwack)
UNION VACANCY NOTICE
(To be posted on all bulletin boards in the District)
25-08 January 8, 2025
Competition Number Date of Distribution
Electronic Applications must be submitted through Make a Future at https://bit.ly/40dF2BQ and include a cover letter and resume by 12:00 p.m. Friday, January 24, 2025.
Effective: Immediately
Description: Landscape Horticulturist
Location: Facilities
Hourly Rate: $36.18
Shift (subject to change): 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Hours per Day/Week: 8 hours per day / 40 hrs per week
Months per Year: 12
Deadline Date: January 24, 2025
Qualifications, experience, training as per class specification. For further information, contact Mr. Allan Van Tassel, Director of Facilities and Transportation.
Please Note: Interested staff members should apply through Make A Future at https://bit.ly/40dF2BQ and include an updated resume stating experience, qualifications, and at least two current professional references, relating to the class specification.
LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURLIST
Division: 2 (Maintenance) - Draft
Reports to: Manager of Maintenance
Job Summary
With minimal direction by the Grounds Foreman, the Landscape Horticulturist performs a variety of horticultural practices and grounds maintenance duties while observing district policies and complying with safety practices. He/she works cooperatively with other employees, students and the public.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Operates grounds maintenance equipment, such as mowers, tractors, trimmers and sprayers.
- Operates, repairs and maintains irrigation systems.
- Performs a wide range of horticultural duties such as cultivating grounds beds, planting flower beds, shrubs, trees, etc., pruning, fertilization, weeding, applying herbicide and pesticides.
- Performs lawn maintenance, including mowing, edging and trimming.
- Performs planning and development/construction of new landscape areas at new sites.
- Performs safety and maintenance inspections and keeps accurate records.
- Prepares written and oral reports, work schedules, estimates and budgets.
- Mixes and places (pours) concrete.
- Repairs and maintains equipment including small engine repair, minor bodywork and blade sharpening.
- Performs parking lot maintenance, including sweeping, asphalt repair, placing barricades and weed control.
- Performs manual tasks such as digging, raking and bending.
- Reports work completed, including time and materials used.
- Cleans shop, including emptying garbage cans.
- Performs other maintenance related or emergent duties.
- Coordinates workload of utilitypersons or other maintenance employees.
- Supervises apprentices.
Equipment Used
Hand tools, air tools, power tools, ladder, chain hoist, scaffolding, truck, aerial bucket, mower, tractor, sweeper, blade sharpener.
About Make a Future
Make a Future is a recruitment initiative created by the BC Public School Employers’ Association as a joint venture among BC’s 60 public boards of education, the First Nations Education Steering Committee, and the Ministry of Education. The Makeafuture.ca website launched on April 28, 2008 as the official job board for BC public schools and BC First Nations schools.
Mission
Make a Future – Careers in BC Education is the education recruitment, selection, and retention practice leader. We provide and promote high quality, innovative, cost-effective, and timely support to the education sector to facilitate the creation, maintenance, and development of a qualified sustainable workforce.