tobacco farm worker
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Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- Confined spaces.
- Wet/damp.
- Odours.
- Dusty.
- Hot.
- Noisy.
- Cold/refrigerated.
- All weather conditions.
- Dirty.
Work setting:
- Rural area.
- Various locations.
Tasks:
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row.
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
- Cut agricultural crops.
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market..
- Greenhouse cleaning.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Sort fruits and vegetables.
- Weeding.
- 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:
- Sweet corn.
- Vegetables.
- Tobacco.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Tractor.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Sound discrimination.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
Weight handling:
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
- On call.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Employment terms options:
To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Overtime available.