Full job description
- Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 48 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
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Asset languages
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
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Work site environment
- Floriculture production
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
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Work setting
- Various locations
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
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Tasks
- Budding trees
- Clean the crops
- Cut horticultural crops
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Harvest seedlings
- Mixing fertilizer
- Seed cutting
- Weeding
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- 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
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Clean work area
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
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Type of product
- Coniferous trees
- Deciduous trees
- Bonsai plants
- Christmas trees
- Cut flowers
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
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Equipment and machinery experience
- Chain saw
- Christmas tree cutting machine or equipment
- Forklift
- Garden tractors
- Irrigation pumps and equipment
- Mechanical cultivator
- Mechanical seeder
- Mechanical sprayer
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Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
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Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
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Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
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Health benefits
- Health care plan
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Financial benefits
- Gasoline paid
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Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site housing options