farm worker, general

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

• Livestock combination farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Cold/refrigerated
• Potato and vegetable
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Rural area
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Planting equipment
• Vegetable harvester

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Drive manual transmission vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Team player
• Flexibility
• Reliability