nursery labourer
Your tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas.
- Cut horticultural crops.
- Greenhouse cleaning.
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Shear Christmas trees.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Weeding.
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants.
- Mix and prepare soils.
- Pot and re-pot plants.
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings.
- Apply fertilizers.
- Report signs of insect or disease damage.
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs.
- Clean work area.
Requirements
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Experience an asset.
How to apply
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
Other
Work site environment
- Outdoors.
- Wet/damp.
- Hot.
- Non-smoking.
Type of product
- Deciduous trees.
- Berry bushes.
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.