About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma.
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.
- Cut horticultural crops.
- Harvest seedlings.
- Level earth to fine grade specifications.
- Mixing fertilizer.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Seed cutting.
- Shear Christmas trees.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Weeding.
- Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides.
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings.
- Apply fertilizers.
- Report signs of insect or disease damage.
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs.
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens.
- Clean work area.
- Operate heavy equipment.
- Cut grass.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Provincial licence/certification to apply chemical fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides.
Type of product: Coniferous trees. Christmas trees.
Equipment and machinery experience: Christmas tree cutting machine or equipment.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Experience: 5 years or more.