Farm Equipment Operator - Langley, Canada - Ralph's Produce & Juice Ltd.
4 weeks ago
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Will train
Work site environment:
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
Tasks:
- Grading
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Mixing fertilizer
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- 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 produce for quality and prepare for market
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Perform general farm duties
Type of crops:
- Apples
- Blueberries
- Cherries
- Field berries
Type of heavy equipment operated:
- Operate forklift
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Fertilizer applicator
- Fruit harvester
- Loader
- Planting equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Tractor
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fastpaced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Handeye coordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Screening questions:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
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