Arborist Assistant

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 25 to 40 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:

- **Education**:

- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
- **Work site environment**:

- Noisy
- Outdoors
- At heights
- **Work setting**:

- Urban area
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Park and recreation sites
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
- **Tasks**:

- Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
- Plant and move trees
- **Supervision**:

- Truck drivers
- **Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Certification by a provincial or territorial association
- Horticulturist Trade Certification
- Arboriculturists Trade Certification
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certification
- **Student status**:

- Full time enrollment
- **Landscaping experience**:

- Restoration and preservation projects
- Residential projects
- **Specialization or experience**:

- Green economy sector
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
- **Area of specialization**:

- Plant knowledge and identification
- **Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Public transportation is available
- Valid driver's licence
- **Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Attention to detail
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- **Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety vest
- Gloves
- Cellular phone
- **Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- **Screening questions**:

- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- Do you live near the job location?
- What is your current field of study?
- **Experience**:

- Experience an asset
- **Green job**:

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

- Bonus
- Commission
- Gratuities
- **Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
- **Support for youths**:

- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth