General Labourer - Farm

**Overview**

**Languages**

English

**Education**

• No degree, certificate or diploma

**Experience**

1 to less than 7 months

**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
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Dusty
• Noisy

**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
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Weeding
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Cut horticultural crops
• Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops

**Experience and specializationType of crops**

• Apples
• Asparagus
• Cherries

**Additional informationTransportation/travel information**

• Own transportation

**Work conditions and physical capabilities**

• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Strong mechanical knowledge with experience in maintenance tasks.
• Familiarity with irrigation systems and horticultural practices is preferred.
• Proficient in using hand tools, power tools, and operating heavy equipment.
• Basic math skills for measuring materials and calculating dimensions.
• Ability to perform heavy lifting consistently throughout the workday.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to safety standards.
• Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to changing work environments. Join our team today to contribute your skills in a dynamic work setting while gaining valuable experience in the field!

Job Type: Seasonal

Contract length: 8 months

Pay: From $17.60 per hour

Work Location: In person