About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Dusty. Hot. Cold/refrigerated. Potato and vegetable. All weather conditions. Dirty.
Work setting: Rural area. Agricultural equipment.
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row.
- Clean the crops.
- Clear fields of wood and stones.
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Weeding.
- Fertilize and spray crops.
- Harvest crops.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Type of crops: Carrots.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Onion transplanter.
- Automated irrigation system.
- Harvesters.
- Tractor.
- Combine harvester.
- Farm truck.
- Loader.
- Planting equipment.
- Swather.
- Tillage equipment.
- Vegetable harvester.
- Forklift.
- Hand tools.
- Area of specialization: Truck driving.
- Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.