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General Farm Worker - Harvesting

Employer

EVERSOURCE CALGARY

Date Posted

April 10, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Carstairs, AB
  • Earnings $18.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 32 to 48 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 10, 2025
Job Requirements

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 & 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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