Job details
- LocationAbbotsford, BCV2T 5X2
- Work locationOn site
- Salary18.95 hourly / 40 hours per week
- Terms of employmentTerm or contractFull time
- Morning, Day, Weekend
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 20 vacancies
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
No experience (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
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Hot
- All weather conditions
Work setting
- Staff accommodation provided
- Room and board provided
- Rural area
- Various locations
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Clean the crops
- Dose water saturation, light and temperature as instructed for crop growth and development
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Cut horticultural crops
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Blueberries
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflowers
- Cucumbers
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
- Zucchinis
- Berries
- Potatoes
- Vegetables
Equipment and machinery experience
- Hand tools
Area of specialization
- Nursery or greenhouse
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)