General labourer – farm
Horsting's Farm Market
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Experience an asset
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Corn farming
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Tree and orchard fruit
Work setting
- Staff accommodation available
- Rural area
- Willing to relocate
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the 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
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Mixing fertilizer
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Wash, peel and cut vegetables and fruit
- Perform general farm duties
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Apples
- Asparagus
- Bell peppers
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflowers
- Cucumbers
- Field berries
- Garlic
- Melons
- Onions
- Orchard fruit
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
- Potatoes
Equipment and machinery experience
- Carrot seeder
- Farm truck
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
- Fertilizer applicator
- Planting equipment
- Seed drill
- Sprayer or duster
- Tillage equipment
- Hand tools
Automated systems experience
- Automated irrigation system
- Feeding and watering system
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sound discrimination
- Overtime required
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player