About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment: Fruit and vegetable combination farming. Outdoors. Hot. Cold/refrigerated. Work setting: Rural area. Various locations.
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..
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes.
- Pick row and orchard crops.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Clean work area.
- Harvest crops.
- Cut horticultural crops.
- Type of crops: Grapes.
- Orchard fruit.
- Vineyard.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Farm truck.
- Forklift.
- Tractor.
- Planting equipment.
- Hand tools.
- Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Government programs: Recognized employer.
- Employment terms options: Flexible hours.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.
- Support for mature workers: Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .