About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Floriculture production. Outdoors. Wet/damp. Hot. Non-smoking.
Tasks
- Clean the crops.
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas.
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for germination.
- Greenhouse cleaning.
- Harvest seedlings.
- Mixing fertilizer.
- Operate climate controls.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Weeding.
- Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides.
- Mix and prepare soils.
- Plant bulbs and seeds.
- Pot and re-pot plants.
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings.
- Apply fertilizers.
- Report signs of insect or disease damage.
- Assist in grafting activities.
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens.
- Clean work area.
- Type of product: Perennials.
- Bedding plants.
- Fruit trees.
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges.
- Seasonal plants.
- Tropical plants.
- Vegetables.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Forklift.
- Garden tractors.
- Irrigation pumps and equipment.
- Mechanical seeder.
- Mechanical sprayer.
Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- 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).
- Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.