General farm worker - harvesting

Alden Vineyard Services; Electoral Area A; Sur place; CAD 21 000 - 30 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Alden Vineyard Services in British Columbia is seeking farm laborers for on-site, outdoor work. Training will be provided; no prior experience is required. The role involves handling vegetables and fruits, operating basic farm machinery, applying fertilizers, and preparing produce for market.

Candidates should be physically capable, able to work in all weather conditions, and maintain careful daily progress reports. On-site only, rural farming environment.

Qualifications

• No degree required; training will be provided.
• On-site farm work, outdoors, physically demanding.
• Ability to follow farm standards and safety rules.

Responsabilités

• Apply fertilizers.
• Hoe between the row using proper technique.
• Clean the crops and tidy work areas.
• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and pens.
• Clear fields of wood and stones.
• Cut agricultural crops and seed according to farm standards.
• Divide harvested produce into marketable and non-marketable lots.
• Grade vegetables and fruits by size, shape, color and volume.
• Hand harvest vegetables and pack fruits and vegetables.
• Mix and apply fertilizer and spray crops.
• Harvest crops and load/unload crates and farm supplies.

Connaissances

Attention to detail

Reliability

Organized

Team player

Quick learner

Hand-eye coordination

Formation

No degree, certificate or diploma

Description du poste

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

English

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
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Odours
• Dusty
• Hot
• All weather conditions

WORK SETTING

• Rural area

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Apply fertilizers
• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
• Clean the crops
• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Cut agricultural crops
• Cut agricultural seed according to farm standards
• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Mixing fertilizer
• Pack fruits and vegetables
• Pick row and orchard crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Seed cutting
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Tie and secure plants
• Weeding
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Clean work area
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Ability to work independently
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

WEIGHT HANDLING

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Quick learner