Summer Internships Vancouver, British Columbia
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Work & play in one of the most beautiful cities in the world! Summer Internships Vancouver, British Columbia We will provide you with: • Legal support to obtain a work permit • Work permit and legal fees will be covered • Housing accomodations • Round-trip flight to Vancouver Our Mission Enhancing the environment with reliable, high quality landscape services. Our Story Since August 1, 1979 Para Space has been an award-winning leader in the Canadian Cultivating lasting relationships with our clients and team. landscape industry. We have been built on care for those we work for and those who work here. Our company has always provided progressive landscape maintenance programs, along with contemporary designs, installations, and ecologically Leading our industry with integrity and innovation. conscious plant health care. We have been able to grow our operation through hard work, efficiency, innovation, and by enhancing the wellbeing of our Our Vision employees. Being recognized as the best and getting there with the best. Our active participation in trade associations has helped to advance our industry, especially in the areas of employee training and workplace safety. Para Space is the most accredited landscape firm in British Columbia. We were also voted one of BC Best Companies to work for by our staff. We are very proud of our staff’s level of education and the knowledge they bring to the job each day. Internship Positions Your Qualifications • Irrigation Service Technician $20/hour • Current student or recent graduate • Landscape Maintenance Crew Leader $23.15/hour • Punctual, trustworthy, and reliable • Softscape Installation Crew Leader $23.76/hour • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deliver • Landscape Installation Technician $22/hour timely results • Positive and professional team attitude Your summer internship will entail the following: • Valid Driver’s License an asset • Full-time hours 8:00-4:45 • Willing to do physically demanding, hands-on work • Weekends, evenings and holidays off • Able to lift 50 lbs • Beautiful work locations around the city • Make friends working on a diverse team Your Perks • Variety of tasks and teams • Competitive wages with opportunities to make more! • Ample opportunities for career development • 4% paid vacation • Working on locally based crews • Extended long weekend for Canada Day in July • Excellent on-the-job training • Free in-house education (dinner included) • Staff social events • Safety gear, tools and equipment provided Visit our careers page at www.paraspaceinc.com Send your resume to [email protected] How to MOVE to VANCOUVER: WORK PERMIT To legally work in Canada, you need a work permit which is fast and simple to obtain. Para Space can provide further infomation on the process and we will pay 100% of visa application fees. LODGING If successfully hired, Para Space will invest its time and resources to find suitable accommodation for you! Packing up and moving to another city, let alone another country, is an Internship Goals exciting endeavor so we want to make house hunting easy so that you can enjoy We want to make sure that we are providing opportunities and the amazing career opportunity you took to move to our beautiful city. Let Para Space find you the Perfect Space! experiences that will help you achieve your educational and career goals. We are a full-service landscaping company that can offer work experience in any of our divisions (maintenance, landscape construction, plant health care and irrigation). Our structured GETTING AROUND orientations and on-the-job training can be complimented by Our city is incredible in many ways and there is no doubt you attending any of our voluntary in-house seminars. Throughout the will want to explore it all! Luckily, Metro Vancouver has a great transit system to help you get around, from bus to SeaBus! All summer we would have a formal meeting each month to offer you crew leaders, estimators, and managers have full use of our company trucks for feedback and discuss your experience. At these meetings, we want work as it is much easier to get themselves and all the tools from work to the your input on what you are enjoying and what types of work you jobsite, and they also get to take their truck home daily. would like to focus on as the internship progresses. Watch this video testimonial of a previous intern’s rewarding HEALTH CARE experience working and learning at Para Space. It is recommended to purchase travel insurance before arriving to Canada. There are several options to receive adequate coverage while visiting on a work permit. However, Extended Benefits (prescriptions, dental, vision, etc.) are offered through the company, The opportunity awaits you. Join our team today! regardless of your citizenship, and you would be eligible for benefits through Para Space if you make Vancouver your home! Vancouver Whistler Local Ski Vancouver Points of Interest: Island Mountains Indoor: Telus World of Science Vancouver Aquarium Bloedel Floral Conservatory Vancouver Art Gallery BC Place Stadium Hiking Trails Rogers Arena Granville Island Public Market Aquarium Outdoor: Stanley Park Beaches Seawall • Lost Lagoon • Spanish Banks • Seawall • Jericho beach Totem Poles • Totem poles • English Bay Queen Elizabeth Park • Kitsilano beach Lynn Canyon Suspension bridge • Sunset beach Capilano Suspension bridge Hiking trails Grouse mountain • Quarry Rock Olympic • Lynn Peak Cauldron Seymour mountain Restaurants Cypress mountain • Norvan Falls Whistler & Blackcolm mountain • Garibaldi Lake Gastown Playland VanDusen Botanical Gardens • Mt. Brunswick Steam Clock Pubs & NighTlife Gastown steam clock • Joffre lakes Soccer PNE & Playland Football Beaches Hockey Nightlife: Legal drinking age in BC is 19! Bars & Pubs Restaurants • Bourbon Public • Fortune Sound Club Science • Catch 122 – Brunch Market World • The Irish Heather – Pub style • Bar None nightclub • La Taqueria – Mexican • The Roxy • Masayoshi – Sushi • Celebs • Salam Bombay – Indian • Yale Saloon Seattle, WASHINGTON • The Acorn – Vegan/Veretarian • The Met Portland, OREGON • Cactus Club – Casual • The Pint • Royal Dinetter – Pacific Northwest • Lamplighter South of the border! • Hawksworth – Upscale • Burgoo Live Music Venues • Revolving restaurant • Cardaros Pacific Northwest points of interest: We are seeking an Irrigation Service Technician for Seattle (3 hour drive away) Portland (5 hour drive away) a summer internship work experience. Space Needle Mt. Hood Gum wall Breweries The primary function of the role is to maintain existing irrigation systems Public Market Food truck row to a high standard by assessing, troubleshooting, repairing, and Century Link Field (Seahawks) Voodoo Donuts providing proactive recommendations to improve system performance. Mt. Baker Mt. Rainier Vancouver Island (2 hour ferry ride away) Duties and responsibilities: Victoria Empress Hotel Start-up and programming of irrigation systems, winterizing Whistler (1.5 hour drive away) Butchart Gardens Assessing system functionality and suggesting system improvements Skiing/ snowboarding Tofino surfing System repairs and installation of new zones, zone extensions etc. Sea to Sky gondola Tacofino Maintaining a work vehicle, stocking parts COWS ice cream West Coast Trail Liaise with clients to access systems Black Tusk Daily paperwork Ensure safe work practices Work cooperatively to foster a harmonious working relationship with all co-workers and Recreation: other departments • North Shore Mountains (hiking, mountain biking, ski/snowboarding, snowshoeing) • Boating and Kayaking (Horseshoe Bay, Castes Park, Deep Cove) Qualifications: • Beaches (English Bay, Kitsilano, Spanish Banks, 2nd Beach Stanley Park, Ambleside) Practical experience and knowledge in servicing and installing irrigation systems • Harbour Air Seaplane Tours Valid Class 5 Driver’s License • Tour Squamish (hiking, rock climbing, biking, camping) Punctual, trustworthy and reliable • Tour Whistler (hiking, biking, ski/snowboarding, snowshoeing, river rafting, Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and deliver timely results bungee jumping, zip lining, camping) Positive and professional team attitude • Tour the Sunshine Coast, Golf Islands, Vancouver Island (sightseeing & outdoor adventure) Customer service experience • Tour Okanogan Lake Country (world-class wineries, sightseeing & outdoor adventure) Compensation: $20 hourly Facts about British Columbia, Canada • BC is the third largest and most westerly province in Canada. • Half of all British Columbians live in the metropolitan area of Vancouver. • Vancouver has recently been named the third most livable city in the world. • Among all provinces and territories of Canada, British Columbia has the mildest climate. • Vancouver is one of the few cities where you can ski and swim on the same day. • BC has one of the most diverse landscapes of all the provinces and territories in Canada. • Vancouver is the warmest city in Canada with only an average of 11 days of snow per year! • Vancouver attracts a whopping 15-million tourists every year... you will meet all kinds of people from every corner of the globe. • Vancouver has one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the world. • Vancouver has a fully accessible public transit system that includes buses, community shuttle buses, SkyTrain, SeaBus and West Coast Express train. We are seeking a Landscape Maintenance Crew We are seeking a Softscape Installation Crew Leader and Leader for a summer internship work experience.