Orchard worker

Circling Hawk Honey & Mead

Richmond Hill, ON

Posted today

Job Details:

$20.00 / hour
Temporary
Entry Level

Benefits:

Flexible Work

Overview
  • Work Term: Seasonal
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 30 to 44 hours per week
  • Education: College/CEGEP
  • Experience: Will train
  • Work site environment
  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Outdoors
  • Hot
  • All weather conditions
  • Tasks
  • Apply fertilizers
  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
  • Cut agricultural crops
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Sort fruits and vegetables
  • 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
  • Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
  • Budding trees
  • Soil fertility programs
  • Type of crops
  • Apples
  • Blueberries
  • Field berries
  • Garlic
  • Orchard fruit
  • Raspberries
  • Berries
  • Equipment and machinery experience
  • Farm truck
  • Loader
  • Tractor
  • Manure spreader
  • Planting equipment
  • Tillage equipment
  • Hand tools
  • Area of specialization
  • Permaculture
  • Transportation/travel information
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation
  • Public transportation is not available
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Ability to work independently
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Personal suitability
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Screening questions
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Employment terms options
  • Flexible hours
  • Employment terms options
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Internship
  • This position is a paid internship that encourages on-the-job training and skill development.
  • Other benefits
  • Free parking available
  • Other benefits
  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available
  • Support for persons with disabilities
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
  • Support for newcomers and refugees
  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
  • Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
  • Support for youths
  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
  • Support for Veterans
  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
  • Recruits Veterans and other candidates with military experience through targeted hiring initiatives (for example: job fairs, outreach programs etc.)
  • Assists with immediate transition needs of Veterans (for example: relocation, housing, etc.)
  • Support for Indigenous people
  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
  • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
  • Supports for visible minorities
  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

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