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General Farm Worker - Harvesting

Employer

Black Rock Ag.

Date Posted

January 07, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Taber, AB
  • Earnings $17.98 hourly
  • Work Hours 50 to 80 hours bi-weekly
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 12  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Feb 06, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Black Rock Ag.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Outdoors
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • All weather conditions
  • Dirty

Work setting

  • Room and board provided
  • Rural area

Tasks

  • Cut agricultural crops
  • Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
  • Seed cutting
  • Clean work area

Type of crops

Potatoes

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Farm truck
  • Hand tools

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking

Weight handling

More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Government programs

Recognized employer

Financial benefits

As per collective agreement

Other benefits

On-site housing options


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The General Farm Worker - Harvesting is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

General Farm Workers
METHODICAL

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

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment

innovative

Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

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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Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

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Manual Dexterity

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