farm labourer

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

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
• Livestock combination farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Wet/damp
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Handling animals
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Hand harvesting vegetables

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Blueberries
• Strawberries

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Fruit harvester
• Loader
• Planting equipment

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is not available
• 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
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Judgement