nursery labourer

2 days ago

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Blue Grass LTD. Full time $30,000 - $60,000 per year
  • Work Term: Seasonal
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 48 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset
  • Asset languages
  • Spanish; Castilian
  • Work site environment
  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Hot
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Work setting
  • Rural area
  • Various locations
  • Tasks
  • Budding trees
  • Clean the crops
  • Cut horticultural crops
  • Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
  • Harvest seedlings
  • Level earth to fine grade specifications
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
  • Weeding
  • Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
  • Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
  • Apply fertilizers
  • Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Lay sod or seed
  • Type of product
  • Coniferous trees
  • Deciduous trees
  • Native plants
  • Equipment and machinery experience
  • Garden tractors
  • Irrigation pumps and equipment
  • Sod cutter
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Weight handling
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  • Personal suitability
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Organized
  • Screening questions
  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Employment terms options
  • Early morning
  • Evening
  • Shift
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Employment terms options
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Health benefits
  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Financial benefits
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Other benefits
  • Free parking available
  • Other benefits
  • Parking available
  • Support for newcomers and refugees
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
  • Does not require Canadian work experience
  • Support for youths
  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
  • Support for Veterans
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
  • Support for Indigenous people
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers