Landscaper and Landscaping jobs

Hiring: Edible Landscape Technician
Company: Hatchet & Seed
Location: Victoria, BC

We’re looking to add a new member to our professional foodscaping team in Victoria, BC, starting in April, 2025.

What We’re Looking For:

• a physically fit, energetic landscaper to join our installation & maintenance team, starting in April 2025
• Class 5 Driver's License
• someone who can work hard, safely and sustainably throughout the year
• experience as a tree-planter, residential/commercial landscaper or with basic carpentry is considered an asset
• someone centrally located within the Capital Region, ideally in Esquimalt/Victoria/Saanich
• detail-oriented person with creative and artisanal tendencies
• good inter-personal skills to become a positive member of our crew

What We’re Offering:

• inspiring work environment nested within a dynamic small business with over 14 years of unique project experience
• skill-building opportunities and experience in a wide range of food gardens and orchards – across dozens of sites and micro-climates in the Capital Region
• starting off at 2-3 days per week on a 30-day trial period. Likely Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (although there may be some flexibility for the right person)
• starting wage between $25-$26
• 60-day and 120-day reviews with the possibility to move to full-time (4-days / week schedule with health & dental benefits)
• flexible with time-off for holidays with notice
• vacation pay and sick pay

What You’ll Be Doing:

• regularly loading & unloading heavy tools, building materials, mulch & wood chips from truck
• daily driving of work truck in and around Victoria
• regular food garden maintenance: mulching; weeding; pruning; diagnosing pests & diseases of fruit and vegetable crops; fruit tree pruning, maintaining drip irrigation systems; courteous communication with clients
• food garden installation: building raised beds; installing garden edging; loading & unloaded heavy building materials from truck; moving mulch; keeping job sites tidy and clean

Send Cover Letter and Resume to:
admin@hatchetnseed.ca

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Deadline: Wednesday, March 12th, 2025.