Orchard worker
- Oliver, BC, V0H 1T9, Canada
On-site
From $18.25 CAD / hour · Full-time · Temporary
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Job details
- Pay
- From $18.25 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Full-time · Temporary
- Workplace
- On-site
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Location Oliver, BCV0H 1T9
- Work location On site
- Salary$18.25HOUR hourly / 80 hours bi-weekly
- Terms of employment Seasonal employmentFull time
- Early morning, Morning, Day, Weekend, On call
- Starts as early as 2027-03-01
- Benefits: Health benefits
- vacancies 6 vacancies
- Source Job Bank #3684854
Overview
Languages
English or French
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
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- 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
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvest seedlings
- Mixing fertilizer
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
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
- 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
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Quick learner
Benefits
Health benefits
- Health care plan