Job Description

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    • 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

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