vegetable farm worker

vegetable farm worker

Offer parameters
Sandhu Produce Growers LTD
$17,4 an hour
Abbotsford, BC, CA

Woke Type

permanent

About

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

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
  • Outdoors
  • Wet / damp
  • Dusty
  • Cold / refrigerated

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Rural area

Tasks

  • Clean the crops
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Pack fruits and vegetables
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Sort fruits and vegetables
  • Weeding
  • Clean work area
  • Harvest crops
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

Type of crops

  • Bell peppers
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflowers
  • Cucumbers
  • Sweet corn
  • Zucchinis

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work under pressure
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Organized

Experience

Will train

Support for newcomers and refugees

Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people

Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Supports for visible minorities

  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities