Labourer, fruit farming - #183051
World Agriculture & Opportunities
Date: 1 week ago
City: Abbotsford, BC
Contract type: Full time
207 Columbia StreetAbbotsford, BC V2T 5X7 Fulltime
Overview
Job Description
Languages
English
Education
Will train
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
Tasks
Type of crops
Work conditions and physical capabilities
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Overview
Job Description
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Will train
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the crops
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Cut agricultural crops
- 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.
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Cut horticultural crops
Type of crops
- Blueberries
- Cucumbers
- Garlic
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
- Farm truck
- Fruit harvester
- Loader
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Quick learner
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