Fruit farm workers foreman/woman
River's End Farms Ltd.
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Hay farming
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Tree and orchard fruit
- Harvest crops
- Confined spaces
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Rural area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
- Various locations
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Handling animals
- Mixing fertilizer
- Monitor the calving process
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Soil fertility programs
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Feed and tend animals
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Clean work area
- Budding trees
- Clean the crops
- Cut horticultural crops
Supervision
- 11-15 people
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Apples
- Cherries
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fertilizer applicator
- Sprayer or duster
- Tractor
- Vegetable or fruit harvester
- Forklift
- Hand tools
- Farm truck
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Team player