fruit farm worker
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming.
- Organic farming.
- Viticulture.
Work setting:
- Staff accommodation available.
- Staff accommodation provided.
Tasks:
- Greenhouse cleaning.
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes.
- Mixing fertilizer.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Fertilize and spray crops.
- Harvest crops.
- Cut horticultural crops.
- Soil fertility programs.
Type of crops:
- Cherries.
- Grapes.
- Vineyard.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- 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.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
Weight handling:
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Quick learner.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
Experience:
No experience (will train).
Employment terms options:
- On call.
- To be determined.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees.
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.).
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees .
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .
- Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for Indigenous people:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers .
- 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 .
Supports for visible minorities:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities.
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees.
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.