Current jobs related to Harvesting Labourer - Pickering - Hy Hope Farm

Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
- **Work site environment**:

- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- ** Tasks**:

- Cut agricultural crops
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Clean work area
- Harvest crops
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- ** Type of crops**:

- Apples
- Blueberries
- Cherries
- Field berries
- Garlic
- Onions
- Orchard fruit
- Raspberries
- Tomatoes
- Potatoes
- Vegetables
- Vineyard
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Farm truck
- Fruit harvester
- Loader
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
- Hand tools
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Walking
- ** Weight handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics