Fruit farm worker
- Baie de Bouctouche, NB, E4S 4P5, Canada
On-site
From $18 CAD / hour · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- From $18 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Full-time
- Workplace
- On-site
- Apply by
- Working hours
- 30 to 45 hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Location Baie de Bouctouche, NBE4S 4P5
- Work location On site
- Salary$18.00HOUR hourly / 30 to 45 hours per week
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Morning, Flexible hours
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source Job Bank #3693751
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
- All weather conditions
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Mixing fertilizer
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Fertilize and spray 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
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Apples
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player