Best Farms Ltd
Waterville, NS
Détails de l'emploi :
- Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: No experience (will train) Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Cold/refrigerated Work setting
- Rural area Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- 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
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- 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
- Cut horticultural crops Type of crops
- Apples
- Blueberries
- Cherries Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation Work conditions and physical capabilities
- 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
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Morning Employment terms options
- On call
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required