greenhouse worker

Location

Delta, BC | Canada

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

5 years or more

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Wet/damp
• Odours
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated
• Non-smoking

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation provided

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Cleaning crop
• Clipping
• Deleafing
• Fruit trees training
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Lowering
• Mixing fertilizer
• Shoot positioning
• Suckering
• Tying
• Vegetable culling
• Weeding
• Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
• Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
• Mix and prepare soils
• Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
• Apply fertilizers
• Report signs of insect or disease damage
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Clean work area

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Provincial licence/certification to apply chemical fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides

Experience and specialization

Type of product

• Hydroponic horticultural products
• Vegetables

Type of crops

• Greenhouse tomatoes

Equipment and machinery experience

• Mechanical sprayer

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Travel expenses paid by employer

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
• Overtime required

Weight handling

• More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site housing options
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Team building opportunities
• Transportation provided by employer
• Parking available
• Variable or compressed work week

Job tags

Salary

$17.4 per hour