Summer Student - Maintenance Helper Horticulture 15963
Summer Student - Maintenance Helper Horticulture 15963
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Job Description
Requisition ID: 15963
Department: Public Works Dept.
Multiple Positions
Salary Information: $17.200per hour 2025 rates of pay)
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside
City: Ottawa ON
Job Category: Summer Student Recruitment
Application Close:31/07/2025
JOB SUMMARY
The mandate of Parks Forestry and Stormwater Services is to provide municipal drainage laboratory testing services for drinking water solid wastes effluents receiving waters and ground waters stormwater management engineering and environmental monitoring parks (including lawn landscaping play structures outdoor field maintenance and winter maintenance services) and forestry (municipal forests street and park trees) services in the City of Ottawa. Services and programs are designed to provide a onestop shop for Ottawa residents where they can access educational (bylaws and standards) preventative (home owners and landlords) and maintenance service requests (general public) within the service group.
You are responsible for carrying out landscape maintenance activities within assigned parks.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
High School Student minimum completion of Grade 10
Minimum of 1 year but less than 2 years of related experience is required including horticulture experience
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES
KNOWLEDGE
- Must possess the training experience and knowledge to organize the work and itsperformance.
- Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation have knowledge of anypotential or actual danger to health or safety in the work place and have knowledge ofappropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff inaccordance with applicable legislation and City policies and procedures.
COMPETENCIES SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Ability and willingness to operate small and light equipment (e.g. push/ride on lawnmower trimmer leaf blower truck/trailer combo etc. Ability and willingness to lift heavy objects
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Language Requirement:Various language requirements locations may require English only French only OR Bilingual competencies. Some positions require English oral reading and writing. Some positions required French oral reading and writing.
- Drivers License Requirement:A valid Ontario unrestricted G class drivers license (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerit points accumulated.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed it will no longer be available.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous Black and other racialized communities persons with disabilities women and nonbinary persons persons of all ethnic origins religions sexual orientations classes gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to selfidentify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the selfidentification questionnaire.
The City of Ottawa provides accommodation during all parts of the hiring process upon request to applicants with disabilities. If contacted to proceed to the selection process please advise us if you require any accommodation.
Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the HR Service Centreatextension 47411.
Employment Type
Temp
