Farm Worker, Vegetables

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Confined spaces
- At heights
- Hot
- ** Work setting**:

- Rural area
- ** Tasks**:

- 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
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- ** Type of crops**:

- Cucumbers
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

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

- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- ** Weight handling**:

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

- Reliability
- Team player
- Quick learner
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you currently a student?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you live near the job location?
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week