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Farm Worker, Vegetables
Employer
Edgar FarmsDate Posted
November 28, 2024Languages
English-
Location Innisfail, AB
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Earnings $17.44 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 8  Vacancies
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Closing Date Dec 12, 2024
Employer
Edgar Farms
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Rural area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
Type of crops
Vegetables
Equipment and machinery experience
Vegetable harvester
Transportation/travel information
Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
Experience
Will train
Financial benefits
Bonus
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment
- innovative
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Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
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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.
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