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Trades Assistant

2 months ago

Victoria, Canada The Corporation of The City of Victoria Full time

**Job Description**:
**Competition #23/94**

**Internal/External Posting**

**Closing date: April 11, 2023**

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**Trades Assistant (Continuous)**

**Parks, Recreation and Facilities Department**

**POSITION FUNCTION**

Performs a variety of intermediate skilled tasks in the trades of horticulture, arboriculture, irrigation, construction and maintenance.

**KEY DUTIES**
- Working with or under the direction of a qualified trades person. Prepares, maintains horticultural areas, and works in the greenhouse. Renovates and maintains parks and playing fields, boulevards, and other turf areas. Plants, prunes, and maintains trees
- Constructs and maintains parks equipment, hard infrastructure, and furniture, installs, and maintains irrigation and drainage systems.
- Water, fertilize, seed, cultivate as required; grow, propagate, plant, and maintain various annual, perennial, specialty plants, and other nursery stock and trees.
- Keep records and inventories as required; make recommendations on hard and soft landscape improvements.
- Operate a variety of parks industrial equipment such as industrial trucks and tractors with attachments; operate various hand tools and power equipment such as shovels, and line trimmer, rototiller, electric shears, riding mowers, chainsaws, ditch-witch and turf-cutters.
- Provide instructions and information to other staff as required.
- Occasionally respond to general enquiries from the public and other departments.
- Perform related duties where qualified.

**INDEPENDENCE**
- Work is assigned and reviewed by supervisor.
- Issues such as removal of equipment or changes to landscaping are referred to supervisor.

**WORKING CONDITIONS**

**Physical Effort**:

- Lift and move heavy materials and equipment. (often)
- Operate manual and power tools and equipment. (frequent)

**Mental Effort**:

- Normal

**Visual/Auditory Effort**:

- Normal.

**Work Environment**:

- Work outside in all weather conditions. (continuous)
- Exposure to equipment noise. (occasional)
- Work in an environment where protective measure must be taken to avoid exposure to chemicals and fertilizers. (occasional)
- Work in close proximity to moving traffic. (occasional)

**KEY SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
- Organize and prioritize work.
- Use industrial parks equipment, hand tools and power equipment.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Deal effectively with the public and outside agencies.
- Work and operate equipment safely.

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Formal Education, Training and Occupational Certification**:

- High school Graduation.
- Certificate in horticulture. (1 year)
- Certified Irrigation Technician Levels 1 and 2 (24 hours)
- Current and valid Class 5 B.C. Driver's Licence.

**Experience**:

- 2 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

**OTHER**:

- May be requested to substitute in a more senior position.

**Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm, 40 hour work week**

**$34.78 per hour, Pay Grade 8 (Under Review)**

**Job Code #644**

**This is a CUPE Local 50 Position**

At the City of Victoria, we are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that represents the community we serve. Indigenous applicants, people of colour, all genders, LGBT2Q+ and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Accommodations will be provided upon request during the selection process.

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