Requisition ID: 18904
Department: Public Works Dept.
Service: Parks Maintenance & Forestry Services
Branch: Forestry Field Operations Branch
Employment Type: Multiple Full-time Permanent & Multiple Full-time Temporary
Work Hours: 40.00 hours per week
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside
Salary Information: $64 725,44 - $75 732,80 annually (2024 rates of pay)
Location: 320 Bloomfield
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Maintenance and Trades
Application Close: 09/09/2025
Successful applicants meeting the employer’s qualification standard will be placed on an eligibility list. This list will be used to staff current and ongoing requirements for up to one year from the closing date of this competition.
The Forestry Field Operations unit is responsible for forestry operations programs and services including preparing management plans for approximately 23,000 acres of forests including wetlands, environmentally sensitive areas, fish habitat, rare and endangered plants, etc., as well as city-wide forest maintenance operations.
You are responsible for the performance of duties related to the maintenance, repair, pruning, removal and disease control for City of Ottawa trees and shrubs.
Completion of Grade 12 plus 20 weeks of additional formal training in planting, maintenance and removal of trees in the urban landscape
Minimum of 2 years of tree climbing and pruning experience
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