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**Competition ID**:
- 3888**Internal Closing Date**:
- January 22, 2025**External Closing Date**:
- January 22, 2025**# of Openings**:
- 1- **Salary Information**:
- Casual Employee - Hourly Rate**Employment Type**:
- Temporary Part Time**Workplace Type**:
- On-Site**Travel Frequency**:
- Occasional travel between campuses is required.**Employee Group**:
- Casual Employee**Days of Work (BCGEU)**:
**Hours of Work (BCGEU)**:
**Hours per Week (BCGEU)**:
**ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE**
This role reports to The Director, and various project research leaders involved in research projects with the Institute for Sustainable Horticulture.
**SUMMARY**
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Work as part of a team to help set up trials with plants, fungi and/or insects, or agritech innovations, record and enter data
- Participate in trials which can be carried out in the lab, greenhouse, outdoor raised beds or at field locations
- Stay focused even when tasks get repetitive
- Use and practice your critical thinking skills to address challenges and interpret results
**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Diploma or degree in Horticulture or related discipline, enrolled in MSc program
- Experience or coursework in horticulture, biology, chemistry, microbiology, working in labs or greenhouses is an asset. Lab work requires WHMIS training
- Experience in setting up research trials, collecting and analysing data
- Teamwork experience an asset
- Reasonable physically fitness level. Some greenhouse work includes potting and unpotting plants, moving pots around, pruning, harvesting, cleaning after a trial
- Driver’s license and access to a car required for field work (mileage paid at $.54/km)
- **Salary Information**
Anticipated hourly pay rate:
