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About the Role:
The Calgary Zoo is seeking a skilled Horticulture Technician to join our team. As a Horticulture Technician, you will play a vital role in maintaining the zoo's 125-acre grounds, ensuring the health and beauty of our gardens and habitats.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain the gardens, grounds, and habitats at the Calgary Zoo, including weeding, planting, dead heading, raking, watering, light pruning, and other garden maintenance tasks.
- Operate and maintain hand tools, power tools/equipment, and mobile equipment such as trimmers, blowers, tractors, and attachments.
- Identify and report all safety hazards and incidents to supervisors.
- Answer public inquiries about plants, gardens, and general zoo information.
- Attend department meetings, training sessions, and zoo functions as required.
- Provide occasional support for events hosted at the zoo.
- Provide snow removal and ice management.
- Apply and clean-up Pickle mix.
- Maintain sand bins.
- Additional training may be required and provided by the zoo, including WHMIS, workforce orientation, zoonotic disease awareness, vehicle operator training, respiratory protection, pest control, lock out/tag out, hazard assessment & control, fire extinguisher use, Skid steer Training, Code Adam, First Aid, ISA Certification, Pesticide Applicators Licensing, boom lift, and Fall Protection.
Requirements:
- At least 3 years' experience in landscaping is required.
- High School Diploma required.
- Class 5 Driver's license or equivalent is required.
- Landscape Gardener certificate preferred.
- Fall Arrest Certificate is an asset.
- Aerial Work Platform Certificate is an asset.
- Skid steer operators' certificate is an asset.
- Standard First Aid is an asset.
- Equipment operation and power/non-powered hand tools experience is an asset.
- Knowledge and ability to identify plants.
- A safety-conscious mindset and demonstrated safe work practice experience.
- Understands and follows written and oral instructions.
- Ability to navigate changing priorities.
- Willingness to answer visitor questions and participate in engagement opportunities.
- Comfort listening to and asking for direction about assigned tasks.
- Flexibility to perform tasks around busy event schedules.
Working Conditions:
- Extended periods of time walking to work sites across the 125-acre site.
- Bending, squatting, and kneeling for extended periods of time.
- Repetitive movements such as raking, shoveling, and pruning.
- Pushing and pulling up to 10-40 lbs., unassisted.
- Lifting to 50lbs.
- Working on uneven/slippery surfaces.
- Exposure to various weather conditions, including extreme cold weather and physical work in very hot weather.
- Prolonged noise and vibrations while operating equipment.
- Exposure to exhaust fumes in an outdoor environment.
- Will be required to wear appropriate PPE for assigned tasks.
What the Calgary Zoo Offers:
- Competitive compensation, vacation, and flex days entitlement.
- Flexible benefits plan, including a health spending account.
- Employer matching RRSP program.
- Discounts on food, beverage, and merchandise.
- Participation in the Staff Pass Benefit plan.
- A fun, rewarding work environment and the opportunity to work in a park full of wild animals.