Farm labourer

Thiara Farms

$17.00 to $18.00 hourly for 35 to 40 hours per week

Overview

Languages

English

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

Responsibilities

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

Experience and specialization

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

Additional information

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

To apply for this job email your details to mandeep.thiara@gmail.com

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.
  • If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.



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