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This is a Provincial Heritage Site comprising of lily/flower fields, orchards, park like grounds, and is open to the public daily during the summer months. Located in the RM of Leask #464
Duties include: operation and maintenance of garden/farm equipment, vehicles and safe operation of chain saw; upkeep of orchards & trees; planting & potting lilies and various perennials; mowing lawns and fields; planting and maintaining fields; conduct nursery tours.
Interest in Horticulture/gardening an asset
Experience with chain saw, operation and
maintenance of equipment a priority.
Position is full time from May 1 to Oct 31 2017 with employment for the following years to the right applicant.
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Type of Machinery or Equipment
- Weed trimmer/edger
- Tractor mower
- Sprayer or duster
- Small engine equipment
- Roto-tiller
- Pick-up truck
- Chain saw
Specific Skills
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Remove litter and garbage
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Cut grass
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Assist with landscape constructions
- Apply fertilizers
- Rake/ collect refuse
- Water lawns/gardens
Work Setting
- Park or public area
- Landscape maintenance
Work Location Information
- On-site customer service
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Gloves
- Ear plugs
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
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