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Crop Farm Labourer - Harvesting

Employer

Sandhills Seed Potatoes Ltd.

Date Posted

November 11, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Spruce Grove, AB
  • Earnings $18.11 to $19.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 11, 2024
Job Requirements

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

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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

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Support for Veterans

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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 & Abilities
The Crop Farm Labourer - Harvesting is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Harvesting Labourers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to sort, weigh and pack fruit and vegetables at farms, and to pick row and orchard crops

objective

Interest in handling, loading, unloading and transferring crates, supplies, farm produce, livestock and poultry

innovative

Interest in preparing vegetable produce for market

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

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.

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