Farm worker, general

Kibbi; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Kibbi in Ontario seeks a dedicated farm worker with proven experience in greenhouse, crop and animal care. On-site only, you will assist with apiary tasks, irrigation, planting and harvest activities across peppers, cucumbers, soybeans and tomatoes, ensuring safety and efficiency in a physically demanding environment.

You will maintain equipment, monitor animal health, prepare reports, manage feed inventories and support sustainable farming practices, including crop rotation and water

Qualifications

• Experience in greenhouse and field farming.
• 2+ years in farming operations.
• Ability to work outdoors in dusty, hot conditions.

Responsibilities

• Greenhouse cleaning
• Handling animals
• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Harvest seedlings
• Monitor animal health
• Repair and maintain equipment
• Write daily progress reports

Skills

Team player

Flexibility

Reliability

Hardworking

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Tools

Automated irrigation system

Feeding and watering system

Automated environmental control equipment

Job description

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

English

EDUCATION

• No degree, certificate or diploma

EXPERIENCE

2 years to less than 3 years

ON SITE

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

WORK SITE ENVIRONMENT

• Dry pea and bean farming
• Organic farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Wet/damp

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Greenhouse cleaning
• Handling animals
• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Mixing fertilizer
• Monitoring animal health
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Weeding
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Repair and maintain equipment
• Clean the crops
• Cut horticultural crops
• Harvest seedlings
• Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Tie and secure plants
• Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALIZATION

APIARY AND HONEY HARVESTING EXPERIENCE

• Apiary management

TYPE OF CROPS

• Bell peppers
• Cucumbers
• Soybeans
• Tomatoes

EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY EXPERIENCE

• Automated irrigation system
• Feeding and watering system

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

• Automated environmental control equipment
• Manure handling and storage

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Team player
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Hardworking