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Crop Farm Labourer - Harvesting
Employer
Sandhills Seed Potatoes Ltd.Date Posted
November 11, 2024Languages
English-
Location Spruce Grove, AB
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Earnings $18.11 to $19.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Dec 11, 2024
Employer
Sandhills Seed Potatoes Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- Dusty
Work setting
Rural area
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the crops
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Clean work area
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
Type of crops
Potatoes
Specialization or experience
Green economy sector
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
More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Experience
Experience an asset
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Support for persons with disabilities
Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
Support for youths
Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
Support for Veterans
Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
Support for Indigenous people
Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)
Supports for visible minorities
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in comparing information to sort, weigh and pack fruit and vegetables at farms, and to pick row and orchard crops
- objective
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Interest in handling, loading, unloading and transferring crates, supplies, farm produce, livestock and poultry
- innovative
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Interest in preparing vegetable produce for market
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.