Main Duties and Responsibilities:

General farm workers typically perform the following duties:

- Crop Management: Planting, planting processes, fertilizing, cultivating, spraying, irrigating, harvesting crops, etc.
- Livestock Care: Feeding and tending to livestock and poultry, milking cows, and assisting with breeding activities.
- Equipment Maintenance: Operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment (e.g., tractors, harvesters, etc).
- Farm Maintenance: Cleaning & maintenance of greenhouses, washplant, yards, loading areas, stables, barns, barnyards, and pens, etc. Assist in feeding & preparing wood for wood doctor as needed.
- Quality Control: Examining produce for quality, sorting, weighing, and packing fruits and vegetables for sales.
- Any other duties requested by Management.
- Prepare and irrigate soil
- Plant, fertilize, thin and harvest crops
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Sort, weigh and pack fruit and vegetables at the farm
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies, farm produce and products for transport
- Clean up racks, trays, and harvest bins and general clean up of growing, producing and packing areas
- Assist with general farm maintenance and maintenance of equipment and tools
- Assist in preparing garden beds for planting
- May write daily progress reports of inventory harvested and/or date produce as needed.

· Must be able to work un-supervised.

· Must be willing to work in outdoor conditions of heat, cold and/or dust.





· Must be able to prioritize workload and have the flexibility to shift priorities as the work demands change daily.

· Must be willing to maintain a clean and orderly work area.

- Overtime paid above 44 hours per week.

· Must be willing to perform other duties as requested by Management.

· Must be able to work effectively with other staff members.

Monitoring: Detecting disease and health problems in crops and livestock; setting/monitoring water lines, air flow, and temperature in barns and chicken coops.

Employment Requirements

- Education/Training: There are no specific education requirements, though a high school diploma is often preferred.
- Experience: Basic farm knowledge is generally required, often obtained from working on a family farm.
- Skills: Experience with agricultural machinery, tractor driving, or specific skills like pesticide application or tree pruning is an asset.
- Physical Capabilities: Must be able to perform heavy lifting and work long hours in all weather conditions.
- First Aid training an asset
- Forklift experience an asset

Working Conditions

- Environment: The work is physically demanding, involving repetitive tasks, standing for long periods, and working in wide-ranging temperatures (e.g., -20°C to 30°C+).
- Hours: Full-time, frequently exceeding 40 hours per week, may include evenings & weekends, especially during planting and harvesting seasons as needed.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.90-$16.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

📌 General Farm Worker (Maugerville Parish)
🏢 Silver Valley Farms
📍 Maugerville Parish