Walsh Farms Inc
Berwick, NS
Posted 30 days ago
Job Details:
$16.50 / hour
Temporary
Experienced
Overview
- Job Duration: Saisonnier
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 30 to 72 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience: Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot Work setting
- Rural area Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- 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
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- 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
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Budding trees Type of crops
- Apples
- Strawberries Equipment and machinery experience
- Hand tools 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
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs) Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player Experience
- 1 to less than 7 months
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