Gardening and landscaping

Landscape gardener

Job description

Landscape gardeners work for landscaping services companies, botanical gardens or farms, or else run their own businesses. They are contracted to jobs for private clients, which mainly entails private gardens, or businesses, which could include work on park areas or sports grounds. Landscape gardening is very physical work; tasks can vary according to the season and weather conditions.

Work activities
• Maintaining the grounds and landscapes of private clients and businesses.
• Constructing small scale builds, such as decking areas and installing water fountains.
• Seeding and sodding lawns.
• Planting and maintaining lawns, flowers and shrubberies.
• Ensuring soil is kept in good condition by using suitable fertilisers.
• Clearing away leaves and snow from pathways.
• Using heavy equipment such as chainsaws

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The following is typical of the duties a Landscape Gardener will be expected to perform. It is not necessarily exhaustive and other duties of a similar nature and level may be required from time to time:

 Maintaining customers’ gardens and one off garden tidies

 Mowing (with both informal and formal finishes)

 Trimming hedges (with both informal and formal finishes)

 Border and flower bed management

 Leaf/rubbish clearing

 Planting

 Working on landscaping projects

 Assisting with ground work in relation to tree operations

 Hard and soft landscaping

 Fencing

 Decking

 Slab laying

 Wood working

 Walling

 Operating a chipper, mower, strimmer, stump grinder, pressure washer, digger, dumper and other machinery

 Maintaining tools and machinery  Ensuring that all work is carried out in a safe and conscientious manner.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹15,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

Benefits:
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Health insurance
• Provident Fund

Schedule:
• Day shift

Experience:
• 3 EXPRIENCE: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person