Farm Labourer - harvesting

Company Name Thiara Farms
Job Type Full-time
Salary $17.00 to $18.00 hourly for 35 to 40 hours per week
Position Farm Labourer - harvesting
Job Location 1391 Brock Road, Dundas, ON L9H 5E4
Experience Required Experience an asset
Education Required No degree, certificate or diploma
Recruiters May Contact Yes
Indigenous Persons Yes
Vulnerable Youth Yes
Persons With Disabilities Yes
Languages
English

Education
No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience
Experience an asset

Salary
$17.00 to $18.00 hourly for 35 to 40 hours per week

Work Location
1391 Brock Road Dundas, ON L9H 5E4

Employment Type
Permanent, Full-time

Vacancies
5

Work site environment
Fruit and vegetable combination farming
Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
Outdoors

Responsibilities
Tasks

Cleaning crop
Greenhouse cleaning
Hand harvesting vegetables
Harvesting seedlings
Hoeing crops
Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
Stone and/or wood picking
Vegetable culling
Vertical farming system
Weeding
Harvest crops
Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
Write daily basic progress reports
Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Examine produce for quality and prepare for market

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience
Combine harvester
Fertilizer applicator
Planting equipment

Automated systems experience
Automated environmental control equipment

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities
Ability to work independently
Fast-paced environment
Repetitive tasks
Handling heavy loads
Physically demanding
Hand-eye co-ordination
Sound discrimination
Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability
Judgement
Organized
Team player