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Nursery Labourer
Employer
Blue Grass Ltd.Date Posted
December 22, 2025Languages
English-
Location Rocky View, AB
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Earnings $18.50 hourly
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Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 7  Vacancies
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Closing Date Feb 02, 2026
Employer
Blue Grass Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation provided
- Relocation costs covered by employer
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas
- Tie and secure plants
- Weeding
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
- Mix and prepare soils
- 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
Type of product
- Coniferous trees
- Deciduous trees
- Native plants
- Perennials
- Fruit trees
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
- Seasonal plants
Equipment and machinery experience
- Forklift
- Garden tractors
- Light trucks
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- 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
- Large workload
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Weight handling
More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Reliability
- 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
- Evening
- Morning
- On call
Experience
Will train
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
- Overtime available
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
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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

