Farm Labourer - Harvesting

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including  feedlots
• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Hay farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Organic farming
• Other grain faming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except  potato)
• Wheat farming

 Task‍

• Clean the crops
• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• 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.
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Harvest seedlings
• Mixing fertilizer
• Monitoring animal health
• Pick row and orchard crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Seed cutting
• Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Weeding
• Clean work area
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Feed and tend animals
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
• Cut horticultural crops
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Handling animals
• Soil fertility programs

‍Education

No degree, certificate, or  diploma‍

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm  truck
• Tractor
• Fertilizer  applicator
• Haying  equipment
• Planting  equipment
• Sprayer  or duster
• Tillage  equipment
• Welding  
• 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
• Manual  dexterity
• Hand  eye co-ordination
• Ability  to distinguish between colours
• Attention  to detail
• Standing  for extended periods
• Bending,  crouching, kneeling
• Large  workload
• Sitting
• Combination  of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

 Personal suitability

• Efficient  interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team  player
• Values  and ethics
• Quick  learner

Own tools/equipment

• Gloves
• Steel-toed  safety boots

 Work setting

• Staff  accommodation available
• Staff  accommodation provided
• Room  and board provided
• Rural  area
• Remote  location
• Urban  area
• Relocation  costs not covered by employer
• Willing  to relocate

Experience

Experience an asset

Screening questions

Do you have previous experience  in this field of employment?