Farm worker, general

T. E. Boyle Farm & Forestry Limited; Tracadie; Presencial; CAD 21.000 - 29.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

T. E. Boyle Farm & Forestry Limited is seeking farm workers for on-site duties in a rural Nova Scotia setting. You will assist with crop cultivation, irrigation, harvesting, and animal care in all-weather conditions.

Requirements include English language proficiency and a willingness to work outdoors in a dusty, noisy, and physically demanding environment. Experience is an asset; no degree is required. Relocation not covered by employer.

Formación

• English language required
• Experience is an asset
• No degree required

Responsabilidades

• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to size, shape, colour and volume
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable and non-marketable lots

Conocimientos

English

Educación

No degree, certificate or diploma

Herramientas

Planting equipment

Vegetable harvester

Descripción del empleo

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

English

EDUCATION

• No degree, certificate or diploma

EXPERIENCE

Experience an asset

ON SITE

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

WORK SITE ENVIRONMENT

• Livestock combination farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Cold/refrigerated
• Potato and vegetable
• All weather conditions

WORK SETTING

• Rural area
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALIZATION

EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY EXPERIENCE

• Planting equipment
• Vegetable harvester

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL INFORMATION

• Drive manual transmission vehicle

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Team player
• Flexibility
• Reliability