Competition posting date: 2021-04-27
Competition closing date: 2021-05-10
Public Works & Environmental Services Department, Parks, Forestry & Stormwater Services, Forestry Field Operations Branch
3 Full-time Temporary Positions (Up to 1 year) – 40 hours/week
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside
Salary: $59,292.48 to $69,374.24 annually (2019 rates of pay)
- You may initially be paid 95% of your starting rate of pay, in accordance with the collective agreement.
Location: Various
Category: Current Opportunities
Employment Group: Operations and Trades
Job Summary
The Tree Worker is responsible for the performance of duties related to the maintenance, repair, pruning, removal and disease control for City of Ottawa trees and shrubs.
Education & Experience
Completion of Grade 12 plus successful completion of twenty (20) weeks of additional formal training in planting, maintenance, and removal of trees in the urban landscape.
Minimum of two (2) years’ tree climbing and pruning experience.
- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
Language, Certificates & Licenses
Must complete the Ontario approved safety training for working in close proximity to power lines
Must complete the Provincial license as an Exterminator in the following classes: Forestry, Landscape, Industrial Vegetation
Must become certified with the International Society of Arboriculture, or be qualified by the Province of Ontario
A valid Ontario unrestricted DZ class driver’s license (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerit points accumulated
0-8 Mobile Crane Operator Training
First Aid and CPR
Completion of mandatory courses organized by the corporation for equipment required to operate for assigned tasks
English oral, reading, writing required
Knowledge
Corporate tree policies, for protection, planting and maintenance
ANSI Standards in relation to arboriculture practices
Standards and regulations for working around energized conductors
Ontario Traffic Manual, Book 7 for Temporary Conditions
Chainsaw and arboricultural equipment maintenance
Current arboricultural practices and systems for tree biology, care and diagnosis
Rigging with ropes, slings, chains and cables
Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers
Competencies & Skills
Must possess the physical and technical capabilities to perform the duties of the position
Ability to drive/operate vehicles, equipment, machinery and attachments as outlined in the light, medium, heavy and special categories as listed in the attachment to the collective agreement, and as relevant to the functions being performed for this position
Ability to complete field reports
Be able to follow written and verbal instructions
Be “on-call” outside normal working hours including nights, weekends and statutory holidays
Work overtime as required and assigned
Must be able to be transferred to other operating divisions as required for either short or long-term assignments to perform equivalent or related duties
Work in all weather types to perform duties
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