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General Labourer - Farm
Employer
ALBERTA TREE FARMSDate Posted
January 24, 2023Languages
English-
Location Aldersyde, AB
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Earnings $17.00 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 38 to 42 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 8  Vacancies
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Closing Date Feb 23, 2023
Employer
ALBERTA TREE FARMS
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Dusty
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
Staff accommodation provided
Tasks
- Budding trees
- Christmas tree shearing
- Deleafing
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Tying
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
- Report signs of insect or disease damage
- Pot and re-pot plants
- Plant bulbs and seeds
- Plant tree seedlings
- Mix and prepare soils
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
- Clean up landing areas at logging sites
- Attach cables or chokers to felled trees for yarding
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- Assist other logging and forestry workers
- Assist in grafting activities
- Clean work area
Transportation/travel information
Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
- Reliability
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Green job
- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
- Involves supporting green economy sectors
Health benefits
Health care plan
Financial benefits
Gasoline paid
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
- Transportation provided by employer
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment
- innovative
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Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
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It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
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