farm labourer

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Staff accommodation available
• Urban area
• Rural area
• Remote location
• Various locations

Tasks

• Cleaning crop
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Harvesting seedlings
• Hoeing crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Stone and/or wood picking
• Vegetable culling
• Vertical farming system
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Write daily basic progress reports

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm truck
• Loader
• Planting equipment
• Tractor

Automated systems experience

• Automated irrigation system
• Automated environmental control equipment
• Feeding and watering system
• Storage and silage system

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
• Sound discrimination
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Overtime required

Personal suitability

• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player