general labourer - landscaping

Arctic Turf
Yellowknife, NT, CA
$25 an hour
Permanent
Full-time
  • Work Term : Permanent
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience : 1 to less than 7 months

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Wet / damp
  • Odours
  • Dusty

Work setting

  • Landscape contractor
  • Construction

Tasks

  • Assist with landscape constructions
  • Cut grass
  • Rake and collect refuse
  • Remove litter and garbage
  • Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
  • Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
  • Apply fertilizers
  • Water and tend to plants, lawns and / or gardens
  • Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
  • Tree removal
  • Build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations

Area of work experience

Snow removal

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Team player
  • Punctuality

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees
  • Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for youth
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people

  • Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
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