Farm Labourer

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Will train
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Cold/refrigerated
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- Cleaning crop
- Fruit trees training
- Grading
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Hoeing crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Seed cutting
- Stone and/or wood picking
- Vegetable culling
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- First Aid Certificate
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Fertilizer applicator
- Lift truck
- Loader
- Planting equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Tillage equipment
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
**Security and safety**:

- Bondable
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
**Personal suitability**:

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