Farm hand

Légumes chez Reno; Oshawa; On-site; CAD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Légumes chez Reno is hiring for hands-on farm labor in a rural Canadian setting. You will grade vegetables and fruits by size, color and weight, and perform greenhouse cleaning, planting, irrigation and harvesting tasks.

No formal education is required and on-the-job training is provided. This on-site role demands physical work, the ability to work independently, and attention to detail in a busy farming environment.

Qualifications

• No formal education required; training provided.
• Ability to perform physically demanding farm tasks.
• Experience with routine grading and quality checks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Grade vegetables and fruits by size, shape, colour and volume.
• Greenhouse cleaning.
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
• Weeding.
• Provide crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting.
• Maintain quality control and production records.
• Perform general farm duties.
• Examine product for quality and readiness for market.

Skills

Independence

Fast-paced work

Work under pressure

Physically demanding

Attention to detail

Standing for long periods

Hand-eye coordination

Bending and kneeling

Repetitive tasks

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Tools

Hand tools

Job description

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

English or French

EDUCATION

• No degree, certificate or diploma

EXPERIENCE

No experience (will train)

ON SITE

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

WORK SITE ENVIRONMENT

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming

WORK SETTING

• Rural area

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Weeding
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Perform general farm duties
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALIZATION

TYPE OF CROPS

• Bell peppers
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Cauliflowers
• Cucumbers
• Greenhouse tomatoes
• Greenhouse vegetables
• Herbs
• Melons
• Onions
• Strawberries
• Sweet corn
• Tomatoes
• Zucchinis

EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY EXPERIENCE

• Hand tools

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

BENEFITS

FINANCIAL BENEFITS

• Piece work