Job details
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Will train
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
Work setting
- Rural area
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Responsibilities
Tasks
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Weeding
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
- Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
- Report signs of insect or disease damage
- Pot and re-pot plants
- Plant bulbs and seeds
- Operate climate controls
- Mix and prepare soils
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- Assist in grafting activities
- Apply fertilizers
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Clean work area
Experience and specialization
Type of product
- Deciduous trees
- Ferns
- Native plants
- Perennials
- Vegetables
- Tropical plants
- Seasonal plants
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
- Fruit trees
- Garden tractors
- Bedding plants
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fertilizer applicator
- Lift truck
- Loader
- Planting equipment
- Tractor
- Irrigation pumps and equipment
- Chain saw
- Forklift
Vehicle and equipment experience
- Light trucks
Automated systems experience
- Automated irrigation system
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Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
- Large workload
Weight handling
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Reliability
Screening questions
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
How to apply