2022 Playland Summer Jobs

Come work for Vancouver’s favourite amusement park – Playland at the PNE! We are looking for over 200 enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Games, Rides, Guest Experience, Playland Maintenance, & Food and Beverage teams for this year’s exciting Playland season.

  Why join our Team? • We create memorable experiences and we have fun doing it – join us! • Training and development - learn new skills and gain valuable work experience • Great work perks – employee discounts on food & tickets • Career growth – opportunities for promotions and position transfers What Positions are available?

• Games Attendant - 15 years of age or older by May 31, 2022 Provide an excellent guest experience by engaging guests, encouraging them to play and monitoring game play. Duties include Prize distribution and processing monetary transactions.

• Rides Attendant - 16 years of age or older by May 31, 2022 Operate all rides and attractions in a safe, friendly and professional manner and ensure our guests are provided with a safe ride, every ride.

• Candy/Concessions Attendant – 15 years of age or older by May 31, 2022 

Provide exceptional guest service at a Playland candy or concession stand. In addition to processing transactions and operating a point of sale system.

• Concessions Cook– 15 years of age or older by May 31, 2022  

Prepare a variety of food and beverage items for various fast-paced Playland concession stands.

• Grounds Maintenance Attendant – 15 years of age or older by May 31, 2022 

Ensure that assigned areas of the buildings and/or grounds of the PNE are maintained in a clean and debris-free manner.

• Playland BBQ Attendant- 15 years of age or older by May 31, 2022 Provide excellent guest service to our Playland BBQ guests, including food service, food inventory control and BBQ area maintenance

• Playland BBQ Grill Cook- 15 years of age or older by May 31, 2022 Prepare and grill a variety of foods for large parties and provide excellent guest service for Playland BBQ events

• Guest Experience Attendant- 15 years of age or older by May 31, 2022 

Deliver exceptional guest experience by providing guests with resolutions to concerns, redeeming admission tickets, greeting guests, providing guests with and site information. When will you work?

• Dates: Playland is open from June 4 – October 31 • Hours: Playland will have a day time timeslot from 11am – 5pm and an evening time slot from 6pm – 11pm. Various shifts will be available between 10am – midnight (12am), on each operational day. • Availability Requirements: at least 3 shifts per week, including evenings and weekends How to apply? Applications can be submitted via the PNE website at www.pne.ca/jobs and will be accepted until the roles are filled. Successful applicants will be invited to attend a virtual group interview in April. The interview invitation will allow all candidates to choose their preferred Playland jobs. We look forward to hearing from you!  

Job Listings: Job Listings at Pacific National Exhibition (icims.com)

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INDIGENOUS Summer Student Program: ICORD UBC

 Indigenous Summer Student Program

In partnership with UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering, ICORD is excited to offer a summer program to provide opportunities and mentorship for Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) youth interested in scientific research. High school students (currently in grades 10 to 12) are invited to do research projects with us, in the hopes that this experience might inspire you to go on in the sciences, and maybe consider further studies or a career in neuroscience or biomedical engineering.

About the program:

ICORD’s summer research program for Indigenous youth started as a pilot in the summer of 2018 to introduce local Indigenous high school students to the exciting world of spinal cord injury (SCI) research. From one student in 2018, the program tripled in size to three students in 2019, and again to nine students in 2021! We’re excited to expand to ICORD labs at UBC-Okanagan for summer 2022. 

Read about 2021 summer student experiences in the ICORDian community newsletter

“Without ICORD I would not have had the opportunity to hear about these experiences, directly participate in research activities, or learn from Dr. Sparrey. Opportunities like this can help Indigenous youth like myself get excited about science, research, and university.”  – Caroline B., 2021 summer student

“My presentation skills are much better, and I’ve grown my network to include people at different institutions, which is very important.” – Shana G. , 2019 + 2021 summer student

You could work on research projects in areas including (but not limited to):

·         Using exercise as a rehab strategy following spinal cord injury (SCI)

·         Improving quality of life for people with SCI

·         Using robotics (including exoskeletons) to improve functional outcomes following SCI

·         MRI of the brain and spinal cord

·         Regenerative Medicine (generation of functional tissue)

·         Bionics & biosensors, biomaterials (biomedical microtechnology)

·         Biomechanics/injury prevention (preventing injury or minimizing it as it happens)

·         Infectious disease diagnostic development

·         Nutrition and exercise-specific biomarkers

 Details about the Summer 2022 program:

·         Start date: July 5, 2022; end date: August 12, 2022

·         Hourly wage: $15.20 (5 hours/day)

·         Location of project: ICORD (818 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver), UBC Point Grey Campus, or UBC-Okanagan campus.  

How to apply:

Complete the application form:: 2022-ICORDsummer-fillable.pdf

Cheakamus Centre Needs Volunteers!!

 

Volunteer Info: Overview | Cheakamus Centre

INDIGENOUS Science at UBC: Summer 2022