Overview

- Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 48 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: No experience (will train)
Work site environment
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Cold/refrigerated
- All weather conditions
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
Type of crops
- Bell peppers
- Cabbage
- Cauliflowers
- Melons
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
- Vegetables
Equipment and machinery experience
- Vegetable harvester




- Planting equipment
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced workplace
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Morning
Employment terms options
- Weekend
- Overtime required

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