administrative assistant

facility operator

program instructor

operator

lifeguard

City-of-Orillia

Orillia is a great place to start out and get experience working in a municipal environment. At the bottom level most of your coworkers and managers are a joy to work with, of course there are always some annoying middle managers wherever you work. 

They struggle to keep staff for more than a couple years if the staff aren't immediately local and especially if the staff are over educated or highly skilled. This is because they refuse to pay their employees a competitive wage claiming that Orillia is too small to do so, and so lose valuable knowledge and experience to Muskoka, Ramara, Barrie, and Innisifil as those places pay wages in excess of 30% higher for most skilled positions.

the work day would start by either opening or closing/locking-up a building(s), making sure everything is ready to go for the day.
I learned a lot of different things from; cleaning, building management, and how to be more productive with little supervision.
The hardest part of the job was cleaning up the most horrendous of messes around the park(s)/buildings. The most enjoyable part of the job was spending a lot of time walking around the park to get to each building thus enjoying the view on the way.

Never knowing at any given time what your next call will be to attend.
Great feeling of giving back to the community
It is a constantly learning job, where you are always working on your skills for firefighting or medical protocols.
Volunteering your time for great causes that people put a lot of effort into. Whether it is to raise money or just awareness.

My position with the City of Orillia is average 10 hrs/week; depending on the school year for Catholic and Elementary and holidays.  This job is suitable for those who are semi-retired or retired who are looking for a few hours a day to make a very small income (not enough to sustain living conditions).

I can't speak for the whole organization but the wastewater plant was a 
bad workplace with aggressive management and no money to fix anything.  The unon did not defend employees. Couldn't wait to get out like several others who did escape and got better employment with City of Barrie.

The City offers a reasonable salary and the benefits are outstanding. There are many different jobs when it comes to city and having options is a bonus. People are always polite when coming to the rink and the environment you end up working in is amazing!

Great job lots of fun and good people! This is my current summer job of which of I have no intentions of leaving. Recommend to other students in the area looking for a fun active summer job.

I understand that the Employer was making a change to be more effective at performing Gardener (Weeder) in it's goal of improving  their results by changing the persons doing the tasks.

The workload is high, though many people are enjoyable to work with. It is nice to work with a variety of personalities. The culture can be challenging at times.

I would work for them again but city wages not student wages for a Trained Gardener, plus they should have followed through with their promise of fulltime employment

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Administrative assistant 6 salaries reported	$28.04 per hour
Facility operator 4 salaries reported	$26.52 per hour
Program instructor 6 salaries reported	$21.02 per hour
Operator 3 salaries reported	$31.70 per hour
Lifeguard 3 salaries reported	$19.03 per hour

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