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Summer job posting: Horticultural Assistant

Posted by Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture (Truro). on February 12, 2013 in Job Postings

Summer Landscape
Horticultural Assistant
Agricultural Campus

Employer: Dalhousie University; Faculty of Agriculture Campus
Grounds Maintenance Unit, Department of Environmental Sciences

Duties:    Duties will include providing a learning opportunity in:
- all aspects of grounds maintenance
- mowing; spring clean-up; pruning; planting; transplanting; landscape
Construction; machinery maintenance; and other related duties as require    

Qualifications:
- Must be enrolled as a student for 2013-2014.
- Experience in landscaping an asset.
- Ability to work flexible hours.
- Own wet gear and safety boots required.
- Experience with ground maintenance machinery an asset.
-Current First Aid, WHMIS and OH&S training will be considered assets.
- Valid Nova Scotia’s driver’s license and valid certification in Defensive Driving.

Hours:    35 hours/week; full time hours
Duration: April 22 - August 30, 2013
Wage: As per the Summer Student Pay Scale
Application Deadline: February 15, 2013
Contact: Darwin Carr, Department of Environmental Sciences, e-mail: darwin.carr@dal.ca
To apply: Submit resume (including 3 references) and cover letter to:

Darwin Carr
Grounds Maintenance  Unit, Environmental Sciences Dept.
Dalhousie University, Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, Nova Scotia  B2N 5E3
Fax: (902) 893-1404  E-mail: darwin.carr@dal.ca

Submissions must be received by mail or delivery by 4:30 P.M. or by fax or e-mail by midnight on the closing date.