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Job 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