Farm Labourer

3 weeks ago


Dundas, Canada Thiara Farms Full time

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work site environment**:

- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
**Work setting**:

- Staff accommodation available
- Urban area
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- Cleaning crop
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvesting seedlings
- Hoeing crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Stone and/or wood picking
- Vegetable culling
- Vertical farming system
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Write daily basic progress reports
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Farm truck
- Loader
- Planting equipment
- Tractor
**Automated systems experience**:

- Automated irrigation system
- Automated environmental control equipment
- Feeding and watering system
- Storage and silage system
**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
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
**Personal suitability**:

- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player