farm worker, vegetables
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming.
- Oilseed (except soybean) farming.
- Organic farming.
- Outdoors.
- Wet/damp.
- Hot.
- Work setting: Rural area.
Tasks:
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row.
- Clean the 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..
- Hand harvesting vegetables.
- Pack fruits and vegetables.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Seed cutting.
- 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.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Work under pressure.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
Experience:
Experience an asset.