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Job Details

Greenhouse Labourer

Employer

bobtail nursery

Date Posted

November 12, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Ponoka, AB
  • Earnings $18.40 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 03, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

bobtail nursery

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Wet/damp
  • Hot

Work setting

Rural area

Tasks

  • Cut horticultural crops
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Weeding
  • Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
  • 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
  • Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
  • Clean work area

Type of product

  • Perennials
  • Bedding plants
  • Fruit trees
  • Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
  • Seasonal plants

Product inspection experience

Plants and plant products

Transportation/travel information

Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

Reliability

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Morning

Experience

Experience an asset

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Overtime required
  • Overtime available

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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