Labourer, farm

• Location 144 Bridge Street , Melvern SquareKingston, NSB0P 1R0
• Work location On site
• Salary$17.00HOUR hourly / 40 to 60 hours per week
• Terms of employment Seasonal employmentFull time
• Day, Evening, Weekend
• Starts as early as 2027-03-25
• vacancies 15 vacancies
• Source Job Bank #3691530

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

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Wet/damp
• Potato and vegetable
• Tree and orchard fruit

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Weeding
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Perform general farm duties
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Fruit harvester
• Lift truck
• Planting equipment
• Forklift

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling