Winter Lift Seasonal Work

Arbutus Grove Nursery Ltd. (AGN) is a second generation family nursery located at 9721 West Saanich Rd in North Saanich BC. We grow over 14 million containerized tree seedlings annually for reforestation, as well as Christmas tree farms and native plant nurseries. We are looking for people to join our team for these upcoming seasonal harvest and sowing periods/contracts: WINTER LIFT November 14 – Completion (around Jan 31) 7:30-5 standard shift, option for 11-7:15. CUTTINGS January 17 – Feb 18 THINNING March 1 – June 15 7:30-4:30, 8.5 hour days. PAY: Summer and Winter Lift $15.96/hr – $18.18/hr based on hours worked at AGN. Experienced tree planters, nursery workers and cone pickers start at TS2 level, $16.80/hr. Cuttings and Thinning Modified piece rate. (Min wage $15.65/hr with additional production paid – experienced workers have made $30/hr in past years) DUTIES: • Seedling harvest duties help prepare our crop for shipping. This may include work on the lifting line such as grading, stacking and wrapping bundles, and boxing. Other tasks may include retrieving the crop from the greenhouses using a skidsteer and transporting boxes using a forklift as well as cleaning the work areas and growing containers for future use. • Cuttings duties are to prepare cut pieces of tree branches for propagation and then sticking them into containers to grow. This job has a modified piece rate incentive to reward those whom are successful. • Thinning involves going over each container and removing doubles and transplanting extra germinants into empty seedling cavities. • Opportunities for advancement to lead hand role for interested and qualified individuals.