Labourer, Fruit Farming

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 45 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
**Work site environment**:

- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- In/on water
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
**Tasks**:

- Cleaning crop
- Clipping
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Hoeing crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Stone and/or wood picking
- Vegetable culling
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
**Type of crops**:

- Asparagus
- Carrots
- Cucumbers
- Onions
- Raspberries
- Seed corn
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
- Tomatoes
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Farm truck
- Fertilizer applicator
- Fruit harvester
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Planting equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Tillage equipment
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required