farm worker, general

Education:

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Work site environment:

Fruit and vegetable combination farming. In/on water.

Work setting:

Various locations.

Tasks:

• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market..
• Greenhouse cleaning.
• Mixing fertilizer.
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
• Weeding.
• Fertilize and spray crops.
• Harvest crops.
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures.
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting.
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
• Maintain quality control and production records.
• Maintain work records and logs.
• Perform general farm duties.
• Write daily basic progress reports.
• Hand harvesting vegetables.

Type of crops:

• Bell peppers.
• Cucumbers.
• Greenhouse vegetables.
• Tomatoes.

Employment terms options:

• Evening.
• Shift.
• Morning.

Experience:

No experience (will train).

Employment terms options:

To be determined.

• Day.
• Weekend.

Financial benefits:

Bonus.

Other benefits:

• Free parking available.
• Team building opportunities.

Support for persons with disabilities:

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.).
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities .

Support for newcomers and refugees:

• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .

Support for youths:

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.

Support for Veterans:

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans .
• Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market .

Support for Indigenous people:

• Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations .
• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .
• Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers .

Support for mature workers:

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .

Supports for visible minorities:

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.