Farm Worker, Tobacco

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Will train
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- Clipping
- Grading
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Hoeing crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Stone and/or wood picking
- Suckering
- 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
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Farm truck
- Tractor
- Lift truck
- Planting equipment
- Hand tools
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sound discrimination
- Overtime required
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
**Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 70 hours per week