farm worker, mushrooms

Education:

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Work site environment:

• Confined spaces.
• Cold/refrigerated.

Tasks:

• Greenhouse cleaning.
• Hand harvesting vegetables.
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
• Clean work area.
• Harvest crops.
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry.
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market.

Type of crops:

Mushrooms.

Equipment and machinery experience:

• Vegetable harvester.
• Planting equipment.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Ability to work independently.
• Fast-paced environment.
• Repetitive tasks.
• Work under pressure.
• Handling heavy loads.
• 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.

Weight handling:

Up to 9 kg (20 lbs).

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.
• Evening.
• Morning.

Experience:

No experience (will train).

Employment terms options:

• Day.
• Weekend.

Support for newcomers and refugees:

Does not require Canadian work experience.

Support for youths:

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.

Supports for visible minorities:

Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).