Overview

Languages

English

Education

- No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

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

Work site environment

- Corn farming
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- Confined spaces
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Dangerous
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Cold/refrigerated
- All weather conditions
- Dirty

Work setting

- Staff accommodation available
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the crops
- Explicit and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Cut agricultural seed according to farm standards
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvest seedlings
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
- Mixing fertilizer
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Seed cutting
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Write daily basic progress reports




- Clean work area
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- Soil fertility programs

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

- Grapes
- Seed corn
- Soybeans
- Sweet corn
- Potatoes
- Vegetables
- Grains

Equipment and machinery experience

- Hand tools

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Weight handling

- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

- Gloves
- Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Quick learner

📌 general labourer - farm (Vernon Bridge)
🏢 charles murphy
📍 Vernon Bridge