Nursery Manager job in Albright, AB with KLon Services Ltd., Alberta - alis
This permanent full time Nursery Manager job from KLon Services Ltd. is offering $36.00 hourly for 30 to 40 hours per week.
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Job Details
Nursery Manager
Employer
KLon Services Ltd.Date Posted
April 23, 2025Languages
English-
Location Albright, AB
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Earnings $36.00 hourly
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Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1 Vacancy
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Closing Date May 23, 2025
Job Requirements
Employer
KLon Services Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
Bachelor's degree
Work site environment
- Floriculture production
- Cold/refrigerated
- Hot
- Odours
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for germination
- Direct greenhouse and nursery operations
- Implement sustainable gardening trends such as permaculture practices
- Organize greenhouse and nursery operations
- Oversee deleafing horticultural crops activities
- Supervise staff in shoots positioning and seed cutting
- Control reported insect, disease and weed problems
- Determine type and quantity of stock to grow
- Establish and maintain required environment
- Establish work schedules
- Hire, train and supervise staff
- Order materials and stock
- Provide product care and other information and service to customers
- Supervise staff in planting, transplanting, feeding and spraying
Supervision
- 5-10 people
- Staff in various areas of responsibility
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
First Aid Certificate
Type of product
- Coniferous trees
- Deciduous trees
- Ferns
- Native plants
- Perennials
- Bedding plants
- Berry bushes
- Christmas trees
- Fruit trees
- Lawns
- Ornamental trees and shrubs
Type of crops
- Apples
- Artisanal crops
- Asparagus
- Bell peppers
- Blueberries
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflowers
- Cherries
- Cucumbers
- Field berries
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Ginseng
- Grapes
- Greenhouse tomatoes
- Herbs
- Melons
- Onions
- Raspberries
- Seed corn
- Soybeans
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
- Microgreens
Specialization or experience
- Green economy sector
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Area of specialization
Horticulture
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
Transportation/travel information
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
- Vehicle supplied by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure
Own tools/equipment
- Gloves
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities
Support for persons with disabilities
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
- Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)
Support for Indigenous people
Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)
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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Nursery Manager is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).
Interest Codes
Nursery and Greenhouse Operators and Managers
- DIRECTIVE
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Interest in supervising staff in planting, transplanting, feeding and spraying stock; and in hiring staff and overseeing training, in setting work schedules and in determining types and quantities of stock
- METHODICAL
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Interest in co-ordinating information to organize nursery and greenhouse operations; and in ordering materials such as fertilizer, garden and lawn care equipment, and other nursery and greenhouse accessories
- SOCIAL
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Interest in providing information to customers on gardening and the care of trees, shrubs, flowers, plants and lawns
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.
Abilities
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Mental Abilities
General Learning Ability
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Spatial Perception
Form Perception
Clerical Perception
Physical Abilities
Motor Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
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