About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Asset languages: Spanish; Castilian. Work site environment: Viticulture. Tree and orchard fruit. Harvest crops.
Tasks
- Cut agricultural crops.
- Direct agricultural crops deleafing activities.
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes.
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Weeding.
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting.
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers.
- Maintain quality control and production records.
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Organize planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities.
- Supervision: 3-4 people.
- 5-10 people.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : First Aid Certificate.
- Pesticide Applicator's Licence.
- Type of crops: Cherries.
- Grapes.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Sprayer or duster.
- Tractor.
- Forklift.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Large workload.
- Own tools/equipment: Safety equipment/gear.
- Steel-toed safety boots.
- Gloves.
- Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: 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?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Overtime required.