Job Title or Location

Harvesting labourer

Hy Hope Farm

Pickering, ON

Posted today

Job Details:

$17.60 / hour
Temporary
Entry Level

Overview
  • Work Term: Seasonal
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset
  • Work site environment
  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Tasks
  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
  • Cut agricultural crops
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Pack fruits and vegetables
  • Pick row and orchard crops
  • Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
  • Sort fruits and vegetables
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Clean work area
  • Harvest crops
  • Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
  • Type of crops
  • Apples
  • Blueberries
  • Cherries
  • Field berries
  • Garlic
  • Onions
  • Orchard fruit
  • Raspberries
  • Tomatoes
  • Potatoes
  • Vegetables
  • Vineyard
  • Equipment and machinery experience
  • Farm truck
  • Fruit harvester
  • Loader
  • Tractor
  • Vegetable harvester
  • Hand tools
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking
  • Weight handling
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  • Personal suitability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics
  • Screening questions
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Employment terms options
  • Early morning
  • Shift
  • Employment terms options
  • Day
  • Weekend

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