nursery labourer

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Will train

Work site environment

• Floriculture production
• Outdoors

Tasks

• Clipping
• Deleafing
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Mixing fertilizer
• Tying
• 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
• Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Clean work area

Type of product

• Coniferous trees
• Deciduous trees
• Ferns
• Native plants
• Perennials
• Bedding plants
• Berry bushes
• Christmas trees
• Fruit trees
• Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
• Seasonal plants
• Tropical plants
• Vegetables

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
• Work Term: Seasonal
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week