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
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