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Nursery Worker

Employer

Foothills Nurseries

Date Posted

December 02, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Rocky View, AB
  • Earnings $16.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 44 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 11  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 16, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Foothills Nurseries

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Wet/damp
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Equipment operation

Tasks

  • Tie and secure plants
  • Weeding
  • Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
  • Mix and prepare soils
  • Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
  • 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
  • Perform general farm duties

Type of product

  • Coniferous trees
  • Deciduous trees
  • Ornamental trees and shrubs

Equipment and machinery experience

Irrigation pumps and equipment

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking

Weight handling

Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Morning

Experience

Will train

Employment terms options

Day

Green job

Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Team building opportunities

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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

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