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The City of Yorkton is currently seeking one Temporary full time forestry Technician. A Parks & Arena Technician in the Forestry Stream will work
predominately with the urban forest.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Tree pruning, removals, planting, stump & root grinding
-Tree assessments & appraisals
- Assisting in management of the tree inventory program
- Investigating complaints
- Equipment operation & maintenance
- City beautification
- Working with the winter outdoor rink program and snow removal when required.
Qualifications:
- Grade 12
- Possess and maintain a valid Saskatchewan drivers license
- Possess and maintain a criminal record search
- Knowledge of trees, tree diseases, and operation of tree maintenance equipment would be an asset.
- The ideal candidate will be a certified Arborist with several years of field experience
- Problem solving
- Task management
- Communication skills
- Knowledge of equipment maintenance & operation
- Work with minimal supervision
Length of Employment & Hours of Work: This temporary full time position will run until October 21, 2016. Hours of work are 7:00a.m 3:30 p.m
Salary:
Will be paid in accordance with CUPE Local #342 collective agreement.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Type of Machinery or Equipment
- Small engine equipment
- Pick-up truck
- Chain saw
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Clear snow (manually, mechanized equipment, truck or scraper)
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Assist with landscape constructions
- Apply fertilizers
- Water lawns/gardens
Work Setting
- Park or public area
- Landscape maintenance
- Cemetery
- Sports field
Work Location Information
- Various locations
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Dangerous
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot