Farm Worker, General

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 65 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Will train
- **Work site environment**:

- Corn farming
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Oilseed (except soybean) farming
- Other grain farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
- Dusty
- Hot
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Cold/refrigerated
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Potato and vegetable
- Sugar beets
- Tree and orchard fruit
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
- ** Work setting**:

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

- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Level earth to fine grade specifications
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Cut horticultural crops
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- ** Type of crops**:

- Apples
- Asparagus
- Bell peppers
- Blueberries
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflowers
- Cherries
- Cucumbers
- Field berries
- Grapes
- Melons
- Onions
- Raspberries
- Seed corn
- Soybeans
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
- ** Specialization or experience**:

- Green economy sector
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?