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The Town of Assiniboia is seeking full-time/part-time seasonal personnel in the Parks and Open Spaces Unit.
Applicants must be self-motivated, punctual and reliable.
Parks staff are required to assist with green space beautification, playgrounds, parks, sports fields, boulevards, open lots, communities in bloom, cemetery, campground, aquatics centre, arena, untidies, and the community garden of Assiniboia.
Individuals duties involve grass cutting, weed whipping, parks, pool, arena and playground maintenance, sports fields, maintaining trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Persons must enjoy working outdoors.
Individuals must have a valid drivers license.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Numeracy
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Type of Machinery or Equipment
- Weed trimmer/edger
- Tractor
- Tractor mower
- Sprayer or duster
- Small engine equipment
- Roto-tiller
- Pick-up truck
- Chain saw
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Remove litter and garbage
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Lay sod or seed
- Cut grass
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Assist with landscape constructions
- Rake/ collect refuse
- Water lawns/gardens
Work Setting
- Park or public area
- Landscape maintenance
- Cemetery
- Sports field
- Commercial establishment
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Hot