Overview

- Job Duration: Saisonnier
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 30 to 70 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site setting
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
Work setting
- Rural area
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Cut agricultural crops
- 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.
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Budding trees
Type of crops
- Apples




- Strawberries
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Forklift
- Fruit harvester
- Loader
- Tractor
- Fertilizer applicator
- Planting equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Tillage equipment
- Hand tools
Transportation/travel information
- 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
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you currently a student?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- On call
Experience
- Experience an asset
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend

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