Nursery Labourer

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 48 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Odours
- Hot
- Harvest crops
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- **Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Remote location
- Staff accommodation available
- **Tasks**:

- Cut horticultural crops
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Tie and secure plants
- Weeding
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- **Type of product**:

- Coniferous trees
- Deciduous trees
- **Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Planting equipment
- Farm truck
- Fertilizer applicator
- **Specialization or experience**:

- Green economy sector
- **Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- **Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Work under pressure
- Sound discrimination
- Walking
- Tight deadlines
- **Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Reliability
- Team player
- Judgement
- Organized
- **Screening questions**:

- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you currently a student?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- **Employment terms options**:

- Day
- Weekend
- **Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes