Fruit farm labourer

Canada Job Bank; Blenheim; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Manitree Fruit Farm in Blenheim, ON is seeking a Fruit farm labourer to join during the busy harvest season. The role requires manual farming tasks including hoeing, harvesting by hand, sorting produce, and maintaining fields and crops.

The ideal candidate speaks English, holds a high school diploma, and has 1–7 months of related experience. Applicants must be prepared for long hours outdoors and physically demanding work in varying weather conditions.

Qualifications

• Fluent English language required.
• Certificate of Secondary (high) school graduation.
• 1 to less than 7 months of related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hoeing between rows.
• Clean the crops.
• Clear fields of wood and stone.
• Grade vegetables and fruits by size, shape, colour and volume to fetch higher price.
• Harvest crops by hand.
• Plant, cultivate, and irrigate crops.
• Tie and secure plants.
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
• Weed.
• Write daily basic progress reports.
• Harvest crops.

Skills

Fluent English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation

Job description

Manitree Fruit Farm is located at 8445 Talbot Trail, Blenheim, ON N0P 1A0. The company is actively seeking applicants for the role of Fruit farm labourer. The applicant should be a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills. The selected candidate will be expected to join and start the work at the earliest. It will be a Seasonal employment or Full time job. The candidate must be available to work during flexible hours.

Employer Name: Manitree Fruit Farm
Position: Fruit farm labourer
No. of vacancies: 30
Salary: $17.23 hourly / 40 to 60 hours per week
Employment type: Seasonal employment, Full time
Location: 8445 Talbot Trail, Blenheim, ON N0P 1A0

• The candidate must apply the technique of hoeing between the row.
• The candidate must clean the crops.
• The candidate will be responsible for clearing fields of wood and stone.
• The candidate will be responsible for grading vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volumein order to fetch high price in market.
• The candidate must harvest vegetables by hand.
• The candidate must plant, cultivate, and irrigate crops.
• The candidate must tie and secure plants.
• The candidate will be responsible for training trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
• The candidate will be responsible for weeding.
• The candidate must write daily basic progress reports.
• The candidate must harvest crops.

Job Requirements

• The candidate should be fluent in English language.
• The candidate must have a certificate of Secondary (high) school graduation.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 1 to less than 7 months of experience in a related industry.
• Farm operations include fruit and vegetable combination farming, as well as other vegetables and melon farming (except potato).
• The candidate will be required to work long hours in an outdoor environment.
• The candidate must be able to work in wet/damp, dusty, hot, and cold/refrigerated conditions.
• The candidate must work in an environment with a high concentration of odours.
• The work site environment is noisy, and the candidate must be able to work with complete concentration even in such conditions.

Work setting

• The candidate should work in a rural area; most people live or work on farms or ranches. Hamlets, villages, towns, and other small settlements are in or surrounded by rural areas.

Type of crops

• Crops include apples, cherries, orchard fruit, strawberries, and tomatoes.

Transportation/travel information

• The candidate must have a valid driver’s licence.
• The candidate must have their own transportation.
• There is no access to public transportation.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• The candidate should be able to work in fast-paced busy environment.
• The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks on frequent basis.
• The candidate should be willing to work under pressure.
• The candidate should be required to handle heavy loads as part of routine work.
• The candidate must finished the work with in the given time line.
• The candidate should be prepared to perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
• The candidate must have excellent hand eye coordination.
• The candidate must be able to distinguish between colours.
• The candidate should have an eye for details.
• The candidate must be willing to work in a standing position for extended periods of time.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in bending, crouching, and kneeling positions.
• The candidate must be able to recognise similarities and differences between sounds.
• The candidate should be willing to work for long hours in sitting positions.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in sitting, standing, and walking positions.
• The candidate must be willing to walk for long periods of time.