fruit farm worker

fruit farm worker

Offer parameters
Ellerslie Orchards Ltd.
$16,65 an hour
Ellerslie, PE, CA

Woke Type

permanent

About

  • Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
  • Langue de travail : Anglais
  • Heures de travail : 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Education :
  • Expérience :

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Outdoors

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Rural area
  • Relocation costs covered by employer

Tasks

  • Apply fertilizers
  • Clean the crops
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Clear fields of wood and stones
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Dose water saturation, light and temperature as instructed for crop growth and development
  • Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
  • Level earth to fine grade specifications
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Pack fruits and vegetables
  • Pick row and orchard crops
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Sort fruits and vegetables
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Weeding
  • Harvest crops
  • Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry

Type of crops

Apples

Transportation / travel information

Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Judgement
  • Organized

Experience

Experience an asset

Other benefits

On-site housing options

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
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