General farm worker - harvesting

• Location Pitt Meadows, BCV3Y 1Z1
• Work location On site
• Salary$18.25HOUR hourly / 40 to 60 hours per week
• Terms of employment Seasonal employmentFull time
• Early morning, Weekend
• Starts as early as 2027-01-04
• vacancies 6 vacancies
• Source Job Bank #3676343

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

No experience (will train)

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Floriculture production
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Hot
• Noisy
• Cold/refrigerated
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
• Clean the crops
• Cut agricultural crops
• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Tie and secure plants
• Weeding
• 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
• Grade products

Experience and specialization

Type of product

• Cut flowers

Additional information

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
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)