Forestry Learner

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Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2023Job Number:CP-23-04Job Type:Candidate Pool for Future Casual Full-time Vacancies, Up to 8 months (April - November), UnionPosition Closing Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023Choose BarrieThe City of Barrie is a vibrant, progressive, and growing community with deep connections to our heritage, to nature and to the opportunities surrounding us.Our community values quality of life; the ability to play year-round with 300 hectares of park space, our beautiful waterfront, our lively downtown core and the nearby hills, wetlands, and forests. We also value connections; to our neighbours and the community, to our road and rail network, and to the opportunity Barrie provides to enjoy life.Everything Barrie has to offer, from the water we drink to the roads we travel on, has one thing in common - municipal workers. Joining a municipality is one of the most rewarding, engaging, and exciting careers you could choose. It is a career you can take pride in knowing that every day you make a positive impact on an entire community. We are one team, with one goal and we all work together to continue making our community great.The OpportunityThe Parks and Forestry Branch is part of the City of Barrie’s Operations Department. The Branch is responsible for the management, maintenance, and ongoing care of over 3,100 acres of waterfront, parkland and open space including 127 parks and 145 kilometers of trails. Services include horticulture displays and maintenance, turf management, shoreline maintenance, maintenance of parks amenities such as playgrounds, play courts, picnic shelters, and spray pads, waste collection, landscape construction, City’s outdoor rink program, greenhouse operations, trails maintenance, and winter snow removal operations.The Forestry Learner is part of a front-line team directly responsible for performing all required maintenance of municipal trees within the City of Barrie. Maintenance activities include assisting with the inspection, pruning, removal and replacement of trees on streets and in active and passive parkland throughout the City. This is an entry-level forestry position with day-to-day responsibilities related to assisting the Forestry Journeypersons with urban arboriculture which is integral in ensuring that the citizens of Barrie enjoy a safe urban forest along with all of the benefits that a healthy urban forest canopy provides.The Operations Department is establishing an eligibility list of qualified candidates who will be considered for future casual full-time opportunities, including upcoming casual full-time, up to 8 months (April - November 2023) opportunities. Applying to this candidate pool enables a candidate’s application to be maintained on file so that they may be considered should a casual full-time vacancy become available. The eligibility list will remain in effect for a maximum of nine (9) months, unless depleted before that time. The administration of this candidate pool will be done in accordance with Article 13:06 of the Collective Agreement.Our Culture And Qualifications Of The JobCorporate Culture

• Your workplace values align with our corporate values of Strive, Share and Care and you want to join us in providing exceptional services and programs to build a prosperous, growing and sustainable community

Education(degree/diploma/certifications)

• Secondary School Diploma
• Working towards and in the process of obtaining a College Certificate in Urban Arboriculture or related discipline from an accredited association, organization and/or institution
• Certificate for Chainsaw Safety and Cutting Techniques obtained within the last 3 years

Experience

• Six (6) months of experience performing duties related to the above mentioned major responsibilities
• Demonstrated experience working for a municipality in arboriculture / urban forestry
• Demonstrated professional experience removing all sizes of hazardous trees
• Demonstrated professional experience pruning, deadwooding, stump grinding, etc

Knowledge/Skill/Ability

• General knowledge of urban arboriculture and chainsaw maintenance
• Demonstrated ability to:
• deal with the public in a courteous and efficient manner to promote a high standard of customer service and public relations at all times
• learn computer literacy utilizing Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel) as well as other Tree Inventory (e.g. TRIMS) and Work Order (e.g. Cityworks) systems

Conditions of Employment

• Satisfactory Criminal Record Check*
• Please note that this is a requirement of the position for any new employees to the City of Barrie in accordance with the Police Record Check Procedure. Existing employees will be grandparented from this requirement.

Other Important InformationLocation: Operations Center, 165 Ferndale Drive North, Barrie, OntarioHours: The normal hours of work are 40 hours per week in accordance with the Collective Agreement.Wage: This position is within the CUPE Local 2380 Bargaining Unit with the following pay level and 2023 pay range:

• Pay Level: Level 2
• Yearly Salary: $48,089.60 to $57,512.00 per year
• Hourly Pay Rate: $23.12 to $27.65 per hour

Don’t meet the credentials as outlined but have years of directly related experience? Please see the City’s EducationEquivalency Procedure to determine if you may qualify for equivalency. Further information is available at www.barrie.ca/JobOpps.

• Position Equivalency Code: A

Please note that verification of educational credentials will be required from the preferred candidate prior to an employment offer.The City of Barrie is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness and welcomes applications from qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices and we will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise if you require Code-protected accommodation and we will work with you to meet your needs.Disclaimer: The job posting has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities required of employees to do this job. For full position details, please request a copy of the Job Description by emailingHR.Recruitment@Barrie.ca.We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.