Overview

- Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 60 to 140 hours bi-weekly
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: No experience (will train)
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Floriculture production
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- Non-smoking
- Harvest crops
- Dangerous
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
Work setting
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
- Staff accommodation available
Tasks
- Budding trees
- Clean the crops
- Explicit and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for germination
- Cut horticultural crops
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvest seedlings
- Level earth to fine grade specifications
- Mixing fertilizer
- Operate climate controls
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Seed cutting
- Shear Christmas trees
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- 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
- Assist in grafting activities
- Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Clean work area
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Fertilize and spray crops




- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Soil fertility programs
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
Type of product
- Coniferous trees
- Deciduous trees
- Ferns
- Native plants
- Perennials
- Bedding plants
- Berry bushes
- Christmas trees
- Fruit trees
- Mushrooms
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
- Seasonal plants
- Vegetables
Equipment and machinery experience
- Chain saw
- Christmas tree cutting machine or equipment
- Forklift
- Garden tractors
- Irrigation pumps and equipment
- Mechanical cultivator
- Mechanical seeder
- Mechanical sprayer
- Light trucks
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Seed drill
- Planting equipment
- Farm truck
- Fertilizer applicator
- Feeding and watering system
Specialization or experience
- Green economy sector
Area of specialization
- Permaculture
Transportation/travel information
- 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
- Work under pressure
- Walking
- Tight deadlines
Weight handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)




Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Reliability
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
Screening questions
- Do you have experience working in this field?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
Government programs
- Recognized employer
Employment terms options
- Evening
- Morning
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
Green job
- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site housing options
- Parking available
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for youths
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
Support for Veterans
- Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
- Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

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