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Greenhouse Labourer
Employer
Forging Ahead IncDate Posted
March 20, 2024Languages
English-
Location Brooks, AB
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Earnings $20.00 hourly
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Work Hours 35 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 6  Vacancies
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Closing Date May 21, 2024
Employer
Forging Ahead Inc
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Wet/damp
- Hot
Work setting
- Rural area
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Mixing fertilizer
- Operate climate controls
- Seed cutting
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- Mix and prepare soils
- Plant bulbs and seeds
- 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
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Clean work area
Security and safety
Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Attention to detail
- Overtime required
Personal suitability
Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Government programs
Recognized employer
Experience
Experience an asset
Other benefits
On-site housing options
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in speaking to provide information to customers on gardening and the care of trees, shrubs, flowers, plants and lawns; and in maintaining inventory and order materials
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in operating equipment to spray against disease and pests; and in positioning and regulating greenhouse and outdoor irrigation systems; may operate tractors and other machinery and equipment to fertilize, cultivate, harvest and spray
- innovative
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Interest in comparing information to prepare soil and plant bulbs, seeds and cuttings; and in grafting and budding plants and in transplanting seedlings and rooted cuttings
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.