Nursery labourer
- Wilsonville, ON, N0E 1Z0, Canada
On-site
From $20.5 CAD / hour · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- From $20.5 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Full-time
- Workplace
- On-site
- Apply by
- Working hours
- 30 to 44 hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Location Wilsonville, ONN0E 1Z0
- Work location On site
- Salary$20.50HOUR hourly / 30 to 44 hours per week
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Starts as soon as possible
- Benefits: Other benefits
- vacancies 6 vacancies
- Source Job Bank #3663220
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Experience an asset
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Staff accommodation provided
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Budding trees
- Clean the crops
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas
- Cut agricultural seed according to farm standards
- Cut horticultural crops
- Deleaf agricultural crops to accelerate ripening
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Harvest seedlings
- Mixing fertilizer
- Operate climate controls
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Seed cutting
- Tie and secure plants
- Weeding
- 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
- Assist in grafting activities
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Clean work area
Experience and specialization
Type of product
- Vegetables
Type of crops
- Melons
- Orchard fruit
Equipment and machinery experience
- Garden tractors
- Irrigation pumps and equipment
- Mechanical sprayer
- Shovel
- Hand tools
Additional information
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
- Manual dexterity
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Benefits
Other benefits
- On-site housing options