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Nursery Labourer

Employer

Alberta Research Center

Date Posted

June 10, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Aldersyde, AB
  • Earnings $18.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 35 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 15  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jul 23, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Alberta Research Center

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Tasks

  • Budding trees
  • Clean the crops
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
  • Level earth to fine grade specifications
  • Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
  • Weeding
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Clean work area
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?

Experience

Will train

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • On-site housing options
  • Parking available

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Nursery 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

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

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.

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