About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Outdoors. Wet/damp. Hot. Cold/refrigerated. Non-smoking. Work setting: Rural area.
Tasks
- Clean the crops.
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas.
- Cultivate on vertical farming system.
- Greenhouse cleaning.
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions.
- Harvest seedlings.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Weeding.
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants.
- Plant bulbs and seeds.
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings.
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens.
- Clean work area.
- Type of product: Coniferous trees.
- Deciduous trees.
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Garden tractors.
- Mechanical cultivator.
- Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Public transportation is not available.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Large workload.
- Attention to detail.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots.
- Gloves.
- Personal suitability: Reliability.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Government programs: Recognized employer.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Employment terms options: Day.