Job Title or Location

Farm worker, fruit

Blue Ridge Farm

Waterville, NS

Posted yesterday

Job Details:

$17.50 / hour
Temporary
Experienced

Overview
  • Education:
  • Experience:
  • Education
  • No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Work site environment
  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Wet/damp
  • Hot
  • All weather conditions
  • Tasks
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Pick row and orchard crops
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
  • Weeding
  • Harvest crops
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
  • Type of crops
  • Apples
  • Blueberries
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Experience
  • Experience an asset
  • Job Duration: Saisonnier
  • Language of Work: English
  • Hours of Work: 30 to 60 hours per week

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