general labourer - farm
About the company
Recognized employer.
Your tasks
- Apply fertilizers.
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row.
- Clean the crops.
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
- Clear fields of wood and stones.
- Cut agricultural crops.
- Cut agricultural seed according to farm standards.
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots.
- 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.
- Seed cutting.
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife.
- Sort fruits and vegetables.
- Weeding.
- Clean work area.
- Harvest crops.
- Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products.
Requirements
Education No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Work under pressure.
- 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.
- Large workload.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
Weight handling Up to 45 kg (100 lbs).
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Quick learner.
1 to less than 7 months.
What we offer
- Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
How to apply
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
Other
Work site environment
- Corn farming.
- Floriculture production.
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming.
- Other miscellaneous crop farming.
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato).
- Outdoors.
- Wet/damp.
- Dangerous.
- Odours.
- Dusty.
- Cold/refrigerated.
- All weather conditions.
- Dirty.
Type of crops
- Bell peppers.
- Blueberries.
- Cabbage.
- Carrots.
- Cauliflowers.
- Cucumbers.
- Field berries.
- Garlic.
- Onions.
- Raspberries.
- Strawberries.
- Sweet corn.
- Tomatoes.
- Zucchinis.
- Berries.
- Potatoes.
- Vegetables.
Employment terms options
- Early morning.