Landscape Technician

Title: Garden Centre/Horticultural Technician/Landscape Technician

Seasonal Position

Would you like to join a family friendly enthusiastic horticultural organization that always treats their team the best?

If you are Horticultural enthusiast, we like to hear from you….

There is lot to learn and gain solid hands-on experience. You will learn and increase your knowledge on plants and tree production, maintenance, selling and solving related problems.

If you are in to Landscaping, starting your career or experienced we like to hear from you…. You will get an opportunity to learn and participate to create breathtaking landscape designs and gain hands–on design and winning installation methods.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

· Silver Leaf Nursery Centre & Garden Centre

5145, Kalar Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2H 0J4

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Welcoming customers with an acknowledgement

· Assist customers with purchases in retail checkout area

· Process sales through a Point of Sale

· Complete sales transactions through cash & debit machine

· Thank and invite them to re-visit.

· Maintain entire garden centre always clean and presentable manner.

· Understand basic pests and plant diseases and recommend products.

· Assist customers with advice on how to plant and use landscape products.

· Treat customers with integrity and respect.

· Maintain ongoing merchandise of store products.

· Balancing days transactions at end of each shift

· Water assigned section.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

· Interest in with outside, gardening, physical creative work environment.

Be able to plant trees, planting, follow landscaping training, stone work, water features, pruning trees, weeding, moving plants, digging for planting, tree staking, raking, micring earth, applying mulch etc.

· Be able to work well with other and take direction.

· Be able to work in a fast paced and constantly changing weather conditions (hot and rainy conditions)

· Physically fit – able to stand, walk and assist with 30-50lb plant lifting.

· Be able to work weekends during busy months

· Motivated, self-disciplined individual with strong work ethic

· Ability to listen and understand customers needs.

· Must like family like friendly working environment.

Position duration: On going

Hours of Service: 40 - 44 hours per week – Days, Afternoon, Evenings & Weekends

JOB TYPE

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary, seasonal

Salary: based on skills and experience. We pay higher rates for right candidate

Job Types: Full-time, Seasonal
Contract length: 6 months

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Store discount

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Niagara Falls, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Landscaping or garden center: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person