Fruit farm labourer

• Location 19863 CHARING CROSS ROADBlenheim, ONN0P 1A0
• Work location On site
• Salary$17.95HOUR hourly / 30 to 55 hours per week
• Terms of employment Term or contractFull time
• Day, Evening, Weekend
• Starts as early as 2027-03-08 End date: 2027-11-30
• vacancies 22 vacancies
• Source Job Bank #3670142

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
• Tree and orchard fruit

Work setting

• Rural area
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
• 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.
• Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Pack fruits and vegetables
• Pick row and orchard crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Tie and secure plants
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Apples
• Cherries
• Orchard fruit
• Vegetables

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)