Vacancy: 4
Location: 17771 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC V6V 1A9
Wages: $18.25 hourly / 30 to 40 hours per week
Work Hours: 30 to 40 per week
Language: English
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience: No experience (will train)
Work site workplace:
Fruit and vegetable combination farming
Outdoors
Work setting:
Staff accommodation provided
Responsibilities:
• Prepare agricultural fields for planting and harvesting by clearing weeds, brush, rocks, and other debris.
• Assist in preparing soil, planting beds, and crop rows for seasonal crop production.
• Plant, cultivate, thin, and irrigate fruit and vegetable crops according to seasonal farming requirements.
• Perform weeding, watering, and fertilizing activities to support healthy crop growth.
• Inspect, clean, and maintain irrigation water lines to ensure proper water distribution across the fields.
• Assist with monitoring crop growth and maintaining suitable field conditions throughout the growing season.
• Harvest fruits and vegetables manually using appropriate harvesting tools and equipment.
• Pick, cut,
and collect mature agricultural crops while minimizing damage to the produce.
• Clean, sort, and grade harvested fruits and vegetables according to size, colour, quality, and marketability.
• Separate marketable and non-marketable produce and pack harvested crops into crates and containers.
• Load, unload, and move harvested produce, farm supplies, tools, and harvesting equipment within the farm.
• Clean and maintain harvesting tools, crates, bins, and farm work areas.
• Assist with routine cleaning and maintenance of farm tools and equipment used for field preparation and harvesting.
• Perform post-harvest field cleanup and assist in preparing fields for the next planting and harvesting cycle.
Equipment and machinery experience:
Farm truck
Tractor
Vegetable harvester
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Repetitive tasks
Handling heavy loads
Physically demanding
Standing for extended periods
Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability:
Flexibility
Organized
Team player
Email:
[email protected]
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