Labourer, Fruit Farming - Abbotsford, Canada - A & M Toor Farm Ltd.

Sophia Lee

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Durée de l'emploi:
Saisonnier


  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 30 to 70 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education:


  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment:


  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy

Tasks:


  • Clean the crops
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Cut agricultural crops
  • Cut horticultural crops
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and nonmarketable 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
  • Sort fruits and vegetables
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
  • Weeding
  • Harvest crops
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment

Type of crops:


  • Blueberries
  • Cucumbers
  • Garlic
  • Raspberries
  • Strawberries
  • Sweet corn

Equipment and machinery experience:


  • Farm truck
  • Fruit harvester
  • Loader
  • Tractor
  • Tillage equipment

Work conditions and physical capabilities:


  • Ability to work independently
  • Fastpaced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work under pressure
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Handeye coordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Sound discrimination
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking

Personal suitability:


  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics
  • Quick learner

Government programs:


  • Recognized employer

Experience:


  • Will train

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