general farm worker - harvesting
Perks & Benefits:
Location:
Belleisle Creek, NB E5P 1G3
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Will train
Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Other grain farming
- Dusty
- Hot
Work setting
- Staff accommodation provided
- Remote location
Tasks
- Clean the 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.
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvest seedlings
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Harvest crops
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
Type of crops
- Cabbage
- Melons
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
- Vegetables
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Gloves
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Quick learner
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?