Landscape and Horticulture Technicians
Job description
These individuals survey, assess, design, build, and maintain gardens and landscaped environments. They study, grow, and care for plants and trees. They advise customers on horticultural matters. They are self-employed or work for:
- Landscaping designers and contractors
- Lawn service and tree care companies
- Golf courses
- Parks
- Nurseries and greenhouses
- Municipalities
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
Main tasks
Tree and Shrub Specialists and Tree Service Technicians
- Examine trees and shrubs to identify problems and diseases.
- Prune, spray, repair, and inject treatment solutions into damaged areas.
Golf Course Superintendents
- Lead the landscaping staff.
- Plant and transplant trees.
- Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, and pesticides.
Horticulturists
- Plan and coordinate the growth of plants for landscaping.
Landscape Designers and Landscape Architectural Technicians and Technologists
- Study and analyze land.
- Prepare drawings and sketches.
- Draft reports.
- Assist in designing landscaping projects.
Landscape Gardeners
- Create and landscape complete landscaped environments.
- Plant and maintain lawns and gardens.
Lawn Care Specialists
- Visit customers.
- Assess lawn conditions.
- Apply fertilizer, pesticides, and other maintenance products.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $20.00
- Median
- $27.00
- Maximum
- $35.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 49% Female
- 51% Male
- 49% Female
- 51% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Seasonal worker
- None
All of Québec
- Seasonal worker
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 55, 5634% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 115221% of jobs
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NAICS 9119% of jobs
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NAICS 717% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 456% of jobs
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Others13% of jobs
All of Québec
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NAICS 55, 5634% of jobs
-
NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 115221% of jobs
-
NAICS 9119% of jobs
-
NAICS 717% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 456% of jobs
-
Others13% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
DVS in Élagage
Placement rate: 82.7%
6.3% of graduates pursue further studies
DVS in réalisation d'aménagements paysagers
Placement rate: 46.2%
27.8% of graduates pursue further studies
AVS in spécialités en horticulture
Placement rate: 25.2%
16.7% of graduates pursue further studies
College
DCS in paysage et commercialisation en horticulture ornementale (Aménagement paysager)
Placement rate: 100%
DCS in technologie de la production horticole agroenvironnementale
Placement rate: 59.6%
27.7% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec (OTPQ [Quebec Order of Professional Technologists]) to bear the titles of Professional Technologist and Applied Science Technologist.
Sometimes required
- A certificate of application or sale of pesticides (e.g. CD4 certificate) may be required.
- A Class 3 or 5 driver’s licence is often required.
Golf Course Maintenance Managers and Landscape Gardeners
- Experience as a Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Labourer may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Operations and control
Abilities
- Limb coordination
- Manual dexterity
- Core strength
- Control accuracy
- Static muscle power
- Hand-arm stability
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Awareness of issues
- Endurance
- Near vision
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Commitment to quality
- Knowledge of chemistry
Interests
- Create, design
- Work in contact with nature and animals
- Work outdoors
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 22114
Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists
Job titles
- Horticultural Technicians
- Horticulturist
- Arborist
- Golf course superintendent
- Landscape designer
- Landscape gardener
- Arboriculturist
- Floriculturist
- Landscape horticulturist
- Gardener
- Landscaper
- Lawn care superintendent
- Greens superintendent
- Plant doctor
- Interior plantscape specialist
- Lawn care specialist
- Horticulture specialist
- Cloning technician - cannabis
- Landscape technician
- Plantscape technician
- Landscape architectural technician
- Hydroponics technician
- Cultivation technician
- Horticultural technician
- Tree service technician
- Irrigation technician (except agriculture)
- Landscape architectural technologist
- Horticultural technologist
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
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Last update: January 29, 2026