Overview As a Farm Worker, Vegetable, you’ll support the day-to-day growing and care of vegetable crops, from field preparation through packing. This hands-on role combines horticulture, irrigation, equipment use, and routine maintenance in an active farm workplace. Responsibilities
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the crops
- 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.
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvest seedlings
- Mixing fertilizer
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- 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
- Cut horticultural crops Requirements Required: Practical ability to perform hands-on farm tasks, handle heavy lifting, use hand and power tools, and apply basic math to measurements and counts.
Mechanical knowledge and attention to safe equipment use support daily duties. Equipment and machinery experience
- Onion seeder
- Onion transplanter
- Farm truck
- Forklift
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
- Manure spreader
- Planting equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Tillage equipment
- Hand tools Work site environment
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- All weather conditions
- Dirty Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking Shift Schedule: early morning, evening, on call, day, weekend, overtime required Pay: $18.25 per hour Expected hours: 40.0 – 50.0 per week
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Extended health care
- On-site parking Work