About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Fruit and vegetable combination farming. Outdoors. Confined spaces. At heights. Odours. Dusty. Hot. Noisy. Cold/refrigerated. All weather conditions. Work setting: Rural area.
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row.
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots.
- Pack fruits and vegetables.
- Pick row and orchard crops.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Weeding.
- Clean work area.
- Fertilize and spray crops.
- Harvest crops.
- Cut horticultural crops.
- Type of product: Deciduous trees.
- Type of crops: Apples.
- Artisanal crops.
- Cherries.
- Orchard fruit.
- Berries.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Hand tools.
- Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Public transportation is not available.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Work under pressure.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Large workload.
- Sound discrimination.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
- Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.