About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment: Fruit and vegetable combination farming. Odours. Dusty.
Work setting: Staff accommodation available.
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers.
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots.
- Hand harvesting vegetables.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Sort fruits and vegetables.
- Weeding.
- Clean work area.
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market.
- Type of crops: Bell peppers.
- Cabbage.
- Carrots.
- Cucumbers.
- Melons.
- Vegetables.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Walking.
- Personal suitability: Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
Experience: Experience an asset.
Support for newcomers and refugees: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees. Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.). Does not require Canadian work experience. Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment. Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth. Support for Indigenous people: Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .