General labourer - farm

Cebulak Family Farms; Canada; On-site; CAD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Cebulak Family Farms is hiring for a farm labor role at our rural Canada location. The position involves hands-on cultivation, planting, weeding, harvesting and packing of vegetables and fruits, with training provided on-site.

Work is outdoors in varied weather, with exposure to dust, odours and noise. Responsibility includes documenting daily progress and operating basic farm machinery as needed.

Qualifications

• No degree, certificate or diploma required.
• No experience required; training provided.
• Ability to perform repetitive tasks in a fast-paced outdoor environment.

Responsibilities

• Apply fertilizers.
• Hoe between rows.
• Clear fields of wood and stones.
• Cut agricultural crops.
• Divide fresh produce into marketable and non-marketable lots.
• Grade vegetables and fruits by size, shape, colour and volume for market pricing.
• Greenhouse cleaning.
• Hand harvest vegetables.
• Pack fruits and vegetables.
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
• Remove suckers and water sprouts manually.
• Sort fruits and vegetables.
• Weed crops.
• Write daily progress reports.
• Fertilize and spray crops.
• Harvest crops.
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
• Examine product quality and readiness for market.

Skills

Stamina and endurance

Attention to detail

Hand-eye coordination

Colour recognition

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Tools

Farm truck

Tractor

Fruit harvester

Vegetable harvester

Sprayer or duster

Job description

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
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Odours
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Cold/refrigerated
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

WORK SETTING

• Rural area
• Various locations

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Apply fertilizers
• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Cut agricultural crops
• 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.
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Pack fruits and vegetables
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Weeding
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALIZATION

TYPE OF CROPS

• Asparagus
• Ginseng
• Melons
• Strawberries
• Vegetables
• Tobacco

EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY EXPERIENCE

• Farm truck
• Fruit harvester
• Tractor
• Vegetable harvester
• Manure spreader
• Planting equipment
• Seed drill
• Sprayer or duster

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

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

WEIGHT HANDLING

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)