Overview

Languages

English

Education

- No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

No experience (will train)

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Cold/refrigerated
- Tobacco

Work setting

- Rural area
- Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Level earth to fine grade specifications
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
- Mixing fertilizer
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Clean the crops
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Tie and secure plants




- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

- Asparagus
- Bell peppers
- Cabbage
- Cucumbers
- Greenhouse vegetables
- Melons
- Onions
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis

Equipment and machinery experience

- Onion transplanter
- Automated irrigation system
- Feeding and watering system
- Sprayer or duster
- Tractor
- Lift truck
- Planting equipment
- Tillage equipment
- Vegetable harvester

Automated systems experience

- Automated environmental control equipment

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

- Organized
- Team player
- Productive interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement

📌 Farm labourer (Ottawa)
🏢 Wayne Sonneveld
📍 Ottawa