General Farm Worker

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 32 to 48 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:

- **Education**:

- No degree, certificate or diploma
- ** Work site environment**:

- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Organic farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- All weather conditions
- ** Work setting**:

- Rural area
- ** Tasks**:

- Clean the crops
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Cut agricultural crops
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Level earth to fine grade specifications
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- ** Type of crops**:

- Bell peppers
- Cucumbers
- Garlic
- Melons
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
- Potatoes
- Vegetables
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Tractor
- Planting equipment
- Welding
- ** Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Medical exam
- Criminal record check
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is not available
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- ** Experience**:

- 5 years or more
- ** Health benefits**:

- Health care plan
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
- ** Other benefits**:

- Free parking available