General farm worker – harvesting
Cropthorne Farm
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
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Organic farming
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- 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
- Level earth to fine grade specifications
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Seed cutting
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking