greenhouse worker - Jobs in Parkland, AB

Job Description

Equipment and Machinery Experience

• Mechanical cultivator
• Mechanical sprayer
• Irrigation pumps and equipment

Additional Skills

• Write daily basic progress reports

Weight Handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Type of Product

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

Type of Farm Operations

• Floriculture production

Type of Crops

• Cabbage
• Cucumbers
• Asparagus
• Bell peppers
• Herbs
• Onions
• Cauliflowers
• Sweet corn
• Tomatoes
• Zucchinis
• Seed corn
• Grapes
• Greenhouse tomatoes
• Greenhouse vegetables
• Melons
• Carrots

Specific Skills

• Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
• Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
• Report signs of insect or disease damage
• Pot and re-pot plants
• Plant bulbs and seeds
• Operate climate controls
• Mix and prepare soils
• Dig up wrapping rootballs of trees and shrubs
• Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
• Assist in grafting activities
• Apply fertilizers
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Clean work area

Specific Skills - Field Crops

• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Vegetable culling

Security and Safety

• Bondable
• Drivers validity licence check
• Criminal record check

Own Tools/Equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Work Site Environment

• Confined spaces
• Outdoors
• At heights
• Wet/damp
• Odours
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated

Transportation/Travel Information

• Own transportation
• Valid drivers licence
• Travel expenses not paid by employer

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload

Work Location Information

• Rural area

Agricultural Service Contractors Specific Skills

• Permaculture

Personal Suitability

• Effective interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Client focus
• Reliability

Landscape and Horticulture Technicians and Specialists Specific Skills

• Budding trees
• Cleaning crop
• Clipping
• Deleafing
• Harvesting seedlings
• Mixing fertilizer
• Suckering
• Tying
• Vertical farming system
• Weeding
• Shoot positioning
• Seed cutting
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Lowering
• Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes

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