Nursery worker
- Stayner, ON, L0M 1S0, Canada
On-site
From $17.95 CAD / hour · Full-time · Temporary
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Job details
- Pay
- From $17.95 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Full-time · Temporary
- Workplace
- On-site
- Working hours
- 44 to 70 hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Location Stayner, ONL0M 1S0
- Work location On site
- Salary$17.95HOUR hourly / 44 to 70 hours per week
- Terms of employment Seasonal employmentFull time
- Overtime required, Early morning, Morning, Day, Evening, Weekend
- Starts as early as 2027-03-15
- vacancies 8 vacancies
- Source Job Bank #3674765
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
No experience (will train)
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas
- Cut horticultural crops
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Harvest seedlings
- Mixing fertilizer
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- 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
- 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
Experience and specialization
Type of product
- Coniferous trees
- Deciduous trees
- Native plants
- Fruit trees
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
Equipment and machinery experience
- Chain saw
- Forklift
- Garden tractors
- Irrigation pumps and equipment
- Mechanical cultivator
- Mechanical seeder
- Mechanical sprayer
- Light trucks
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- 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
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Reliability
- Team player