Nursery Labourer

Durée de l'emploi: Saisonnier
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 30 to 55 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:

- **Education**:

- No degree, certificate or diploma
- ** Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- Non-smoking
- ** Tasks**:

- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas
- Cut horticultural crops
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Harvest seedlings
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- Mix and prepare soils
- Plant bulbs and seeds
- Pot and re-pot plants
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
- Assist in grafting activities
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Clean work area
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- ** Type of product**:

- Deciduous trees
- Native plants
- Fruit trees
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Travel expenses not paid by employer
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- ** Weight handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Reliability
- Team player
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- ** Experience**:

- Will train