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forestry labourer
Title posted on CivicJobs.ca - Labourer 3
Posted on December 16, 2024 by Employer details City of North Vancouver
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The Corporation of the City of North VancouverLabourer 3Regular Full-TimeThe City of North Vancouver is the urban core of the beautiful North Shore and has a long-term vision to be ?The Healthiest Small City in the World?, with five key priorities to be a City for People, a Resilient City, a Vibrant City, a Connected City and a Prosperous City. The Engineering, Parks and Environment Department requires a regular full-time Labourer 3 in the Parks Section. In this position, you will assist the Senior Members of the Urban Forestry team with specialized, skilled and semi-skilled arboriculture tasks, including ground based trimming and pruning trees; rigging, winching, falling, and heavy labouring to remove trees and stumps; and, planting, staking, and fertilizing new trees. In addition, you will report any indication of tree hazards, pests and diseases; apply herbicides and pesticides as directed; operate a chipping machine, power tools and hand tools; and perform other general parks maintenance tasks. Further, you may be required to act as Lead Hand by assigning, and supervising the work of a small group of subordinates engaged in routine arboriculture and natural park land maintenance tasks. At times, you also will assist other parks crews in skilled and semi-skilled laboring work as required. You will have considerable knowledge of the practices, methods, procedures, tools and equipment used in arboriculture and natural park lands; considerable skill in the operation of power and hand tools; considerable experience in general arboriculture and parks maintenance work, preferably on a Urban Forestry or Natural Areas and Invasive Management crew. You will have physical strength, stamina and coordination to perform heavy manual work outdoors in all types of weather. You will have strong public relations skills with the ability to effectively interact with the public, as well as demonstrated leadership skills and independent judgment. A valid Class 5 BC Driver?s License is also required. Completion of, or progress towards, an ISA certification, ITA certification or a Natural Land Management certification would be an asset. Salary:$33.82 per hour(January 2024 rates) Hours of Work:7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Friday If you are passionate about making the City of North Vancouver an even greater place to live, work and play, apply on-line through the Career Portal at www.cnv.org by Tuesday, December 31, 2024. Thank you for your interest in the City of North Vancouver. We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional and unceded territories of the S? wx? wú7mesh (Squamish) and S? l? ílw? ta? (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. The City of North Vancouver is committed to Reconciliation with these Nations, who have lived on these lands since time immemorial. Posting: 2024-0184- LocationNorth Vancouver, BC
- Workplace information On site
- Salary$33.82HOUR hourly
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source CivicJobs.ca #100198
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