Employment Information
- Post ID: 353640207
- Open Date: November 15, 2024
- Close Date: January 20, 2025
- Organization: Tree To Me Organics Partnership
- Sector: Farm, Agriculture & Forestry
- Business Location:1217 Hwy 3A, Keremeos, British Columbia V0X 1N4
- Total Views: 200
- Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 20 hours ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/british-columbia/keremeos/353640207/farm-worker-fruit/
Job Details
- Experience: 2 years - 3 years
- Job Vacancies: 4
- Compensation: $17.40 per hour / 30 to 40 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: : 2025-03-01
- Apply by: email to [email protected], by mail
- Education: High school graduation certificate
Job Description
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the crops
- 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
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Mixing fertilizer
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Apples
- Asparagus
- Bell peppers
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflowers
- Cucumbers
- Garlic
- Grapes
- Melons
- Onions
- Orchard fruit
- Sweet corn
- Tomatoes
- Berries
- Vineyard
Equipment and machinery experience
- Carrot seeder
- Farm truck
- Fruit harvester
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
- Planting equipment
- Welding
- Hand tools
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- 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
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Benefits
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
- Transportation provided by employer
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week