12 Oct
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CareerBeacon
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Waterville
12 Oct
CareerBeacon
Waterville
Overview
- Job Duration: Saisonnier
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 40 to 50 hours bi-weekly
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Hot
- All weather conditions
Work setting
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Transparent and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Harvest crops
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Forklift
- Fruit harvester
- Loader
- Tractor
- Planting equipment
- Hand tools
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- 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
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Quick learner
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
Employment terms options
- Morning
Experience
- No experience (will train)
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Other benefits
- Parking available
📌 General labourer - farm (Waterville)
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