Farm Hand Fill/Empty Crew - Level 1

**Highline Core Values include:**

We do the right thing, always. We lead the way. We are fanatical about quality. We are transparent in our relationships. We always consider the human element. We embrace diversity and inclusion.

**Position Summary:**

Receives the mushroom substrate from the Tunnels Operations, fills the growing rooms with the mushroom substrate and ensures a layer of peat moss is applied to the surface (Casing layer). Responsible for emptying the growing rooms when the harvest is completed.

**Please be advised that this role requires working outdoors in all weather conditions.**

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

**Filling**

• Disinfecting growing rooms and materials
• Setting up nets for harvest beds
• Assisting in machine set up with the Senior Crew
• Assisting or operating the filling winch
• Guiding nets into growing rooms
• Operating a forklift
• Helps ensure the mushroom compost fills into the growing beds
• Driving vehicles on the farm, such as wagons, casing trucks, or dump trucks
• Wash and sanitize heavy machinery, casing trucks, wagons and dump trucks
• Operating handheld drill to secure plastic sheets with growing room
• Pulling the cables from the winch across mushrooms beds, up to 8 feet
• General hygiene practices: cleaning aisles, shovelling, squeegee, etc

**Emptying**

• Washing growing rooms
• Disinfecting the growing rooms and any materials
• Assisting the operator for the emptying winch and conveyor
• Helps ensures growing beds are emptied post-harvest
• Removing nets from the winch
• Operating a forklift to remove nets and equipment
• Setting up nets across the growing beds after cleaning and sanitizing
• Assisting the operator in setting up any heavy equipment
• Driving vehicles on the farm, such as wagons, casing trucks, or dump trucks
• Wash and sanitize nets, casing trucks, wagons and dump trucks
• General hygiene practices: cleaning aisles, shovelling, squeegee, etc.

**Qualifications:**

• Eligible to work in Canada.
• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• Background or exposure to mushroom, horticultural, or agricultural environment is an asset
• Experience working with or around heavy equipment considered an asset

**Locations of work:**

• **2646 Division Rd. N, Kingsville ON N9Y 2E5 (primarily)**
• 506 Mersea Road 5, Leamington ON N8H 3V5

**How to Apply:**

• Through Indeed

Highline encourages applications from all qualified candidates. When requested Highline will accommodate people with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment, assessment and hiring process.

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $18.67 per hour

Benefits

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate

• Leamington, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s)

• Have you been convicted of a criminal offence for which a pardon has not been granted?
• Declaration: I hereby certify that the facts set forth in my employment application are true and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that if employed, any falsified statements shall be considered sufficient cause for dismissal.

Work Location: In person