general farm worker

2024-08-29 | eNature Greenhouses Inc. | Carlisle | ON | Canada

Perks & Benefits:

Location:
Carlisle, ON
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 60 to 140 hours bi-weekly
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset
  • Work site environment

  • Hot
  • Wet/damp
  • Non-smoking
  • Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Willing to relocate
  • Tasks

  • Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Harvest crops
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Clean work area
  • Clean the crops
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Harvest seedlings
  • Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Cultivate on vertical farming system
  • Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
  • Type of product

  • Vegetables
  • Hydroponic horticultural products
  • Type of crops

  • Cucumbers
  • Greenhouse vegetables
  • Equipment and machinery experience

  • Automated irrigation system
  • Tractor
  • Automated systems experience

  • Automated environmental control equipment
  • Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  • Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Personal suitability

  • Team player
  • Reliability
  • Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Parking available

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