Overview

- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 30 to 50 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Hay farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Potato and vegetable
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
Tasks
- Clean the crops
- Cut agricultural seed according to farm standards
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Seed cutting
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Maintain financial and production records
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Clean and make minor repairs to machines and equipment
- Maintain clean and safe work setting
- Move products using forklift, crane or hydraulic hoist
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses




- Pesticide Applicator's Licence
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
- Forklift Operator Certification
Equipment and machinery experience
- Harvesters
- Tractor
- Vegetable or fruit harvester
- Farm truck
- Vegetable harvester
- Skidsteer
- Forklift
Area of specialization
- Agricultural crop service
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is not available
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- 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
- Standing for extended periods
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Experience
- 1 to less than 7 months
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Night
- To be determined
- Day
- Weekend
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Parking available
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience

📌 Farm machinery operator (Albany)
🏢 CareerBeacon
📍 Albany