About this role
Education: Bachelor's degree. or equivalent experience.
Tasks
- Direct greenhouse and nursery operations.
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots.
- Greenhouse cleaning.
- Harvest seedlings.
- Level earth to fine grade specifications.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Control reported insect, disease and weed problems.
- Determine type and quantity of stock to grow.
- Develop marketing plans.
- Establish and maintain required environment.
- Establish work schedules.
- Hire, train and supervise staff.
- Maintain financial and personnel records.
- Order materials and stock.
- Provide product care and other information and service to customers.
- Supervise staff in planting, transplanting, feeding and spraying.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- 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)?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.
- Other benefits: Learning/training paid by employer.
- Team building opportunities.
- Variable or compressed work week.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees . Support for Indigenous people: Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers . Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations . Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers . Support for mature workers: Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .