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Job Details

Greenhouse Labourer

Employer

Forging Ahead Inc

Date Posted

November 17, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Brooks, AB
  • Earnings $20.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 35 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 6  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 17, 2025
Job Requirements

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

  • 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
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas

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

Personal suitability

Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

Early morning

Government programs

Recognized employer

Experience

Experience an asset

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required

Other benefits

On-site housing options


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Greenhouse Labourer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Nursery and Greenhouse Workers
METHODICAL

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

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

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

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