Harvesting labourer

Little Jamie's Organics; Electoral Area A; On-site; CAD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability benefits

Health care plan

Bonus

Other benefits

Job summary

Little Jamie's Organics is seeking on-site farm workers to perform hands-on duties with fresh produce. You will engage in activities from crop cleaning and harvesting to packaging and field maintenance.

The role involves outdoor tasks in varying weather, with emphasis on quality control and efficient handling of crops. This is a short-term, on-site position requiring physical stamina and reliability.

Qualifications

• Secondary school graduation certificate or equivalent experience.
• Willingness to perform outdoor farm tasks in various weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Clean the crops.
• Cut agricultural crops.
• Cut agricultural seed according to farm standards.
• Divide harvested produce into marketable and non-marketable lots.
• Grade vegetables and fruits by size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high prices.
• Hand harvest vegetables.
• Pack fruits and vegetables.
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
• Weed and clean work area.
• Harvest crops.
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry.
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
• Examine product quality and readiness for market.

Skills

Farm work

Education

Secondary school certificate

Equivalent experience

Job description

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

English

EDUCATION

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE

1 to less than 7 months

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
• Organic farming
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Dusty
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Clean the crops
• 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
• Pack fruits and vegetables
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Weeding
• Clean work area
• Harvest crops
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

BENEFITS

HEALTH BENEFITS

• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

FINANCIAL BENEFITS

• Bonus

OTHER BENEFITS

• Other benefits