greenhouse worker

2024-07-27 | Rockwood Forest Nurseries | Cameron | ON | Canada

Perks & Benefits:

Location:
Cameron, ON
  • Durée de l'emploi: Saisonnier
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 to 48 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

    • Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

    • Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Hot

    • Work setting

  • Rural area

    • Tasks

  • Budding trees
  • Clean the crops
  • Cut horticultural crops
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
  • Seed cutting
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
  • Weeding
  • Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
  • Mix and prepare soils
  • Pot and re-pot plants
  • Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
  • 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
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas

    • Type of product

  • Coniferous trees
  • Deciduous trees
  • Native plants
  • Perennials
  • Berry bushes
  • Fruit trees
  • Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
  • Seasonal plants

    • Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination

    • Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

    • Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves

    • Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Reliability
  • Team player

    • Experience

  • Will train

    • Financial benefits

  • Pension plan

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