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Nursery Labourer
Employer
Stewart Tree Farms LTDDate Posted
January 06, 2026Languages
English-
Location Cochrane, AB
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Earnings $18.34 hourly
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Work Hours 40 to 44 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 5  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jan 27, 2026
Employer
Stewart Tree Farms LTD
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
Work setting
Rural area
Tasks
- Budding trees
- Clean the crops
- Cut horticultural crops
- Mixing fertilizer
- 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
- Assist in grafting activities
- 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
Type of product
- Coniferous trees
- Deciduous trees
- Native plants
- Bedding plants
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
Equipment and machinery experience
- Chain saw
- Forklift
- Garden tractors
- Irrigation pumps and equipment
- Mechanical cultivator
- Mechanical sprayer
Specialization or experience
Green economy sector
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
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Morning
Experience
Will train
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
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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

