Overview

Languages

English

Education

- No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

No experience (will train)

On site

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

Work site environment

- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

- Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- 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
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market




- Cut horticultural crops

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

- Apples
- Blueberries
- Cherries

Equipment and machinery experience

- Farm truck

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

- Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- 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
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking

Personal suitability

- Productive interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player

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