About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Outdoors. Wet/damp. Hot.
Harvest crops. Noisy. Dusty. Other miscellaneous crop farming. Work setting: Rural area. Remote location. Staff accommodation available.
Tasks
- Cut horticultural crops.
- Write daily basic progress reports.
- Plant bulbs and seeds.
- Report signs of insect or disease damage.
- Clean work area.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Maintain quality control and production records.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Clear fields of wood and stones.
- Type of heavy equipment operated: Loader.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Forklift.
- Garden tractors.
- Irrigation pumps and equipment.
- Mechanical cultivator.
- Light trucks.
- Tractor.
- Tillage equipment.
- Planting equipment.
- Lift truck.
- Hand tools.
- Farm truck.
- Automated irrigation system.
- Turf grass harvester.
- Transportation/travel information: Valid driver's licence.
- Drive manual transmission vehicle.
- Public transportation is not available.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Attention to detail.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Work under pressure.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Night.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Employment terms options: Weekend.
- Financial benefits: Piece work.