general labourer - farm

• Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
• Langue de travail: Anglais
• Heures de travail: 40 to 60 hours per week
• Education:
• Expérience:
• **Education**

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• No degree, certificate or diploma
• **Work site environment**

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• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• At heights
• Wet/damp
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated
• **Work setting**

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• Rural area
• **Tasks**

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• Apply fertilizers
• Clean the crops
• Cultivate on vertical farming system
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Level earth to fine grade specifications
• Mixing fertilizer
• Pack fruits and vegetables
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Tie and secure plants
• Weeding
• Clean work area
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
• Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
• Report signs of insect or disease damage
• Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Cut horticultural crops
• **Type of crops**

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• Bell peppers
• Cucumbers
• Greenhouse tomatoes
• Greenhouse vegetables
• **Work conditions and physical capabilities**

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• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking
• **Weight handling**

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• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
• **Screening questions**

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• Are you authorized to work in Canada?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you live near the job location?
• **Employment terms options**

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• Early morning
• Evening
• Morning
• **Experience**

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• Will train
• **Employment terms options**

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• Day
• Weekend