farm worker, vegetables

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Will train

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Confined spaces
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dusty
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated

Tasks

• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Hoeing crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Examine produce for quality and prepare for market

Type of crops

• Asparagus
• Cucumbers

Type of industry experience

• Tobacco

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Work Term: Seasonal
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 35 to 45 hours per week