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Nursery Worker

Employer

Countryside Nursery

Date Posted

November 29, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Foothills, AB
  • Earnings $15.42 to $19.40 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 13, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Countryside Nursery

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Hot
  • Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer

Tasks

  • Cut horticultural crops
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Harvest seedlings
  • Operate climate controls
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Weeding
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
  • Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
  • Mix and prepare soils
  • Plant bulbs and seeds
  • Pot and re-pot plants
  • Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
  • Apply fertilizers
  • 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
  • Perennials
  • Berry bushes
  • Cut flowers
  • Fruit trees
  • Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
  • Seasonal plants

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Chain saw
  • Forklift
  • Garden tractors
  • Irrigation pumps and equipment
  • Mechanical sprayer
  • Light trucks

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • 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
  • Overtime required

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Nursery Worker 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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