Plant Health Care Technician/Helper

Location

Thunder Bay, ON | Canada

Job description

Plant Health Care Technician/Helper
Seasonal, Full-time
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Posted: March 6, 2024
Tentative start date: Week of May 13th, 2024

Why Join Our Team?

Rutter Urban Forestry is a part of a group of companies that specialize in urban tree care and renewable energy in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Our company is a small but progressive arboriculture firm with a fantastic reputation and 17 years of safe and trustworthy service to our clients.

We take pride in a high-intensity work environment where the focus is on safety, positive attitudes, quality of work, and having fun. We enjoy a positive work culture with 8-hour working days and the occasional paid “fun Friday” event for team building and decompressing. After three months of service, employees are eligible for health benefits and, after one year, matched pension contributions.

Thunder Bay is one of the best small cities in Canada to live and work. Housing costs are well below national average and a growing culinary and arts culture scene provides many opportunities to enjoy life here. Short commutes and ample opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and city life makes Thunder Bay our favourite city in Canada.

Job Overview

Rutter Urban Forestry is seeking one ambitious person to join our team at the entry level. Common traits that we look for in team members are a strong desire for challenging physical work, a positive and polite disposition, a drive to learn and grow personally and professionally, and a focus on sensible safety.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Plant Health Care (PHC) Technician/Helper

We are looking for one individual with an interest and knowledge in the care of trees with pesticides, fertilizers and other novel treatments. This position will be focused on plant health care related tasks, such as, pest sprays, trunk injection treatments to control Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), and tree fertilizer soil amendments. Other tasks will include stump grinding, the maintenance of PHC equipment, and occasionally helping out on an arborist work site. Prerequisites are; a knowledge of tree biology, an interest in modern Plant health Care, and a Landscape Class Exterminator’s license in Ontario is preferred. May 2024 to September 2024. Valid G-class license required. (Compensation from $19- $20/hour depending on qualifications)

How to Apply

Candidates must submit a resume and cover letter to apply.

Please, let us know why you’d be a good fit to work with our team and why you are interested in arboriculture. Be creative and honest in your application. Applicants who submit only a resume will not be considered. Potential candidates will be contacted to arrange for an interview in person. We anticipate work to begin in mid-May 2024.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resume and cover letter by email to:  [email protected].

We look forward to hearing from you!

Please note:

·       Rutter Urban Forestry is committed to employment equity and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We will make available reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities upon request.

·       In keeping with our health and safety policies, and workplace health and safety legislation in Ontario, visitors and employees are not permitted to smoke in or about our work premises.

We thank all candidates for their interest

and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Salary

$19 - $20 per hour