About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Fruit and vegetable combination farming. Outdoors. Viticulture. Dusty. Hot. Cold/refrigerated. All weather conditions. Work setting: Rural area. Various locations.
Tasks
- Cut agricultural 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.
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes.
- Pack fruits and vegetables.
- Pick row and orchard crops.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Sort fruits and vegetables.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Weeding.
- Clean work area.
- Harvest crops.
- Type of crops: Apples.
- Cherries.
- Grapes.
- Orchard fruit.
- Vegetables.
- Vineyard.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.