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General Farm Worker - Harvesting
Employer
EVERSOURCE CALGARYDate Posted
April 10, 2025Languages
English-
Location Carstairs, AB
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Earnings $18.00 hourly
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Work Hours 32 to 48 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 3  Vacancies
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Closing Date May 10, 2025
Employer
EVERSOURCE CALGARY
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Chicken farming
- Layer poultry farming
- Organic farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Outdoors
- Sheep farming
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
Rural area
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Clean the crops
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Cut agricultural 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
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
- 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
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Type of crops
- Bell peppers
- Cucumbers
- Field berries
- Garlic
- Melons
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
- Potatoes
- Vegetables
Equipment and machinery experience
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
- Planting equipment
- Welding
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Medical exam
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
5 years or more
Health benefits
Health care plan
Financial benefits
Bonus
Other benefits
Free parking available
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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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