Welcome To The Glasshouse Nursery and Garden Centre Ltd - Applying For The Nursery Yard Labourer Position

Main Purpose of Job

Provide various tasks to maintain a clean and well-stocked nursery and garden centre. This includes working as a team to unload products, restock displays, assist customers, clean and organize the company’s premises, and assist customers.

Hours of Work

Monday to Sunday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Duties and Responsibilities

Unload various size shipments of trees and shrubs using safe work practices.
Load nursery product into customer vehicle using tractor and supply loader.
Use of various outdoor tools including shovels, rakes, hand tools, leaf blower, wheelbarrow, etc.
Package nursery products such as mulch, stone, and soil, in bags for easy access.
Assist customers in loading purchased store products into vehicles, sometimes with assistance from a team member.
Operate various types of large machinery such as tractors, supply loader, forklift, F-550, pallet jack, etc.
Property maintenance consists of; sweeping walkway debris, power washing fountains and sidewalks, painting, using basic power hand tools, organizing watering lines, etc.
Occasional deliveries off-site to customers consisting of different nursery products, i.e., mulch, soil, stone, flagstone, etc.
Keep inventory of products and report when low to the nursery manager.
Perform daily vehicle inspections on machinery used.
Irrigating plant materials in the nursery and hand watering around the yard.
Work well with others to complete all tasks while practicing professional and patient customer service.

Qualifications

G2 level licence or higher.
General labourer experience is an asset.
Nursery/Landscape experience is an asset.
17+ years of age.

Working Conditions

Nursery yard labourers will be expected to work primarily outdoors in the nursery or side yard among customers. Workers will be subject to weather conditions such as hot and cold, rain, possible snow, and limited shade throughout the day. It is expected that workers will occasionally be driving work trucks, tractors, and/or forklifts, and have working at heights on a ladder on occasion.

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