About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Fruit and vegetable combination farming. Outdoors. Dusty. Hot. Noisy. All weather conditions.
Work setting: Staff accommodation available. Room and board provided. Relocation costs covered by employer. Various locations. Willing to relocate.
Tasks
- Clean the crops.
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market..
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Weeding.
- 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.
- Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Work under pressure.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Attention to detail.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Large workload.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
- Weight handling: Up to 45 kg (100 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Flexible hours.
- Night.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Employment terms options: To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Overtime available.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- On-site housing options.
- Other benefits.
- Team building opportunities.
- Transportation provided by employer.
Support for persons with disabilities: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities . Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities . Support for newcomers and refugees: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees. Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition. Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment. Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth. Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth. Support for Veterans: Assists with immediate transition needs of Veterans (for example: relocation, housing, etc.) . Offers workshops, counselling services or other resources to help Veterans navigate their transition into the civilian workforce (for example: adapting to different organizational structures) . Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market . Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.) . Support for Indigenous people: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people.
Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers . Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations . Support for mature workers: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers . Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination . Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers . Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers . Offers phased retirement options