AddressJob description:
Company Name: Piara & Sons Farms Inc.
Job Title: Nursery Worker (NOC:85103)
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time, Overtime, Day, Evening, Shift, Weekend
Wage Rate: $18.00/hour, 40 hours per week.
Vacancies: 06
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
Work Location: Abbotsford, BC
Education: Not required
Experience: Not required. Training will be provided.
Benefits: Accommodation will be provided @ $30/week, relocation expenses & medical insurance for first 3 months covered by employer, if required.
Job Duties:
- Prepare soil; plant bulbs, seeds and cuttings; graft and bud plants; and transplant seedlings and rooted cuttings.
- Monitor plants for healthy growth and potential weed, insect, disease, and fertilizer problems in greenhouse crops.
- Spray trees, shrubs, flowers and plants to prevent disease and pests.
- Position and regulate greenhouse and outdoor irrigation systems to water plants and fields.
- Dig, cut and transplant trees, shrubs, flowers and plants and prepare them for sale.
- Provide information to customers on gardening, the use of various garden tools and products and the care of trees, shrubs, flowers, plants and lawns.
- May operate tractors and other machinery and equipment to fertilize, cultivate, harvest and spray fields and plants.
- Maintain inventory and order materials as required.
- Clean working areas.
Essential Skills: Working with others, Problem solving, Decision making, Critical thinking, Continuous learning.
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Repetitive tasks, physically demanding, Standing for extended periods, Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Work Site Environment: Outdoors, Wet/damp, Dusty, rain/ shine, hot/cold weather (Candidate should be physically able and willing to work on the farm in rain/sun or shine)
HOW TO APPLY:
By Email only: piaraandsonsfarms@gmail.com
