nursery supervisor

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Tasks:

• Direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns.
• Hire, supervise and schedule staff.
• Organize planting of trees, gardens and lawns.
• Resolve work problems by providing technical advice to increase the value and functionality of a property.
• Schedule events, programs and activities.
• Schedule work.
• Plan and estimate labour and materials.
• Maintain work records and logs.
• Repair and maintain equipment.
• Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies.
• Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality.
• Supervise nursery and greenhouse workers.

Supervision:

• More than 20 people.
• Working groups.
• Staff in various areas of responsibility.

Area of specialization:

• Tree service.
• Nursery or greenhouse.

Transportation/travel information:

Own transportation.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Work under pressure.
• Tight deadlines.
• Physically demanding.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to distinguish between colours.
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking.

Own tools/equipment:

Steel-toed safety boots.

Personal suitability:

• Initiative.
• Judgement.
• Team player.
• Flexibility.

Screening questions:

Do you have experience working in this field?.

Experience:

7 months to less than 1 year.

Employment terms options:

• Shift.
• Day.

Other benefits:

• Free parking available.
• Other benefits.
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days).
• Parking available.

Support for newcomers and refugees:

• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
• Does not require Canadian work experience.

Support for youths:

Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.

Support for Veterans:

• Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market .
• Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.) .

Support for Indigenous people:

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 .

Supports for visible minorities:

Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).