Harvesting labourer
Jennen Bros. Inc.
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
- Oilseed (except soybean) farming
- Other grain farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Confined spaces
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Dangerous
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- 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
- Soybeans
- Tomatoes
- Grains
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Forklift
- Loader
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
- Lift truck
- Planting equipment
- Tillage equipment
- Welding
- Hand tools
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- 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
- Large workload
- Sound discrimination
- Overtime required
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics