Horticulture Labourer

Durée de l'emploi: Saisonnier
- Langue de travail: Français
- Heures de travail: 15 to 40 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:
**Education**:

- Registered Apprenticeship certificate
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Floriculture production
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- Non-smoking
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- Clean the crops
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvest seedlings
- Mixing fertilizer
- Weeding
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- Mix and prepare soils
- Plant bulbs and seeds
- Pot and re-pot plants
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
- Report signs of insect or disease damage
- Assist in grafting activities
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Clean work area
**Student status**:

- Full time enrollment
**Type of product**:

- Ferns
- Native plants
- Perennials
- Berry bushes
- Cut flowers
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
- Seasonal plants
- Vegetables
**Type of crops**:

- Artisanal crops
**Specialization or experience**:

- Green economy sector
**Area of specialization**:

- Permaculture
**Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Driver's validity licence check
- Criminal record check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Attention to detail
**Weight handling**:

- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
**Personal suitability**:

- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Experience**:

- Experience an asset
**Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week