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Nursery Labourer

Employer

PEREIRA & MONIZ LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS

Date Posted

January 06, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Morinville, AB
  • Earnings $18.34 hourly
  • Work Hours 48 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 9  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jan 20, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

PEREIRA & MONIZ LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Odours
  • Hot
  • Harvest crops
  • Noisy
  • Dusty
  • Other miscellaneous crop farming

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Remote location
  • Staff accommodation available

Tasks

  • Cut horticultural crops
  • Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Weeding
  • Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row

Type of product

  • Coniferous trees
  • Deciduous trees

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Tractor
  • Tillage equipment
  • Sprayer or duster
  • Planting equipment
  • Farm truck
  • Fertilizer applicator

Specialization or experience

Green economy sector

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Work under pressure
  • Sound discrimination
  • Walking
  • Tight deadlines

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Judgement
  • Organized

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Weekend

Green job

Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes


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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

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