North Country Landscapes, LLC

  • Your yard is a garden. A place dedicated to the outward expression of you. It is a space which marries the architecture of your structures to the lay of the land. It is a living space, a place to relax or play, but most importantly… It is a tangible space that can stimulate your senses with color and fragrance and enhance the quality of your life.

    - Shane Pilato, Owner

        

Skill Set Identifier

    Name (from your employment application)

    BASIC EMPLOYMENT SKILLS

    On time & ready for work
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Clean, neat and presentable appearance
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Follow directions
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Respectful to others
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Eager & willing to learn
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understands proper behavior for work place
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can drive a regular vehicle safely
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Able to lift more than 50 lbs.
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can use hand tools like a shovel or rake
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Must be organized with company property
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    PRACTICAL SKILLS

    Can read a tape measure
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can use a level & square
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can use basic power tools (circle saw, drill)
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can properly operate a chainsaw or demolition saw
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can use a laser level or transit
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can properly & safely hook up a truck and trailer
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can back up a trailer
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    TECHNICAL SKILLS - HORTICULTURAL

    Can demonstrate knowledge of fertilizers and application
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understand how to install plants in various soil types properly
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Knowledge of plant care, watering, fertilizing & pruning
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Have a familiarity with plant materials, there identification and use
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understanding of turf-grass installation and care
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    TECHNICAL SKILLS

    Can you quantify area and quantities
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can you mix gas & oil for proper ratios
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    TECHNICAL SKILLS - LANDSCAPE

    Edging and weeding
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Install landscape fabric & mulch correctly
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Properly plant balled & burlap material
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Properly install container plants
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Properly stake, guy trees, and tie vines
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    ADVANCED TECHNICAL SKILLS - EQUIPMENT

    Backhoe
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Excavator
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Bobcat Loader
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Tractor
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Push Lawn Mower
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Zero Turn Mower
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Weed Eater
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    MT-55 Mini Bobcat
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Snow Plow
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Snow Blower
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Fork Attachment
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Harley Rake
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Auger Attachment
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Trencher Attachment
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Grappler Attachment
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can you properly load & secure equipment on a trailer
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    TECHNICAL SKILLS - CARPENTRY

    Demonstrate proper layout & planning related to carpentry
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Knowledge of materials
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can quantify & arrange proper materials for construction
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Deck framing & construction
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Finish carpentry
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    TECHNICAL SKILLS - PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL (*NOTE: We are not licensed electricians but we often do setup work for electrical phases on projects.)

    Understand PVC parts and installation
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Sweating pipes together
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understand reduction & conversion between copper, pvc, and pex
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can properly pressure test lines for leakage
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understand pumps and flow
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understand PVC parts & connection for use with electric
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understand different wire types
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can properly assemble conduit & pull wire
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can properly mount boxes & hardware
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can use testing equipment (ammeter)
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    TECHNICAL SKILLS - MECHANICAL

    Can properly check fluids in a vehicle or machine
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can diagnose most common problems
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can properly grease equipment
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    ADVANCED SKILL SETS

    Familiarity with annuals and bedding plants
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Familiarity with perennials and herbaceous plants
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Familiarity with woody plant materials
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understanding of soil properties, such as components, adjusting pH and salt
    content
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understanding of mathematics: quantifying volume, area and ratios
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Familiarity with greenhouse operations
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Familiarity with fertilizers, both concentrated in liquid or dry form and
    organic
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Can quantify the use of fertilizers
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Pruning of evergreens both needled and broadleaf
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Pruning of Flowering shrubs
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Care and installation of bedding plants and container plantings
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Understanding of watering techniques in differing applications
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Do you know what a phonological curve is?
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Familiarity with Latin names for plant materials, genus, species and cultivar
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

    Identification skills of woody and herbaceous plants
    NoneLittleGoodProficientYesNo

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