Fruit harvester
Bill & Paul Rhodes
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
- Other grain farming
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Clean work area
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Cucumbers
- Seed corn
- Soybeans
- Tomatoes
- Vegetables
- Grains
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fruit harvester
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Overtime required
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Gloves
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics