• • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• • Odours
  • Outdoors

Work setting

• • Greenhouse

Tasks

• • Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
  • Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
  • Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
  • Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
  • Plan and co-ordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental uses and other purposes
  • Plant and move trees

Area of specialization

• • Plant knowledge and identification
  • Propagation

Transportation/travel information

• • Valid driver’s licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• • Attention to detail
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• • Flexibility
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you currently a student?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Work Term: Temporary
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week