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General Labourer - Farm
Employer
Norbest FarmsDate Posted
November 27, 2024Languages
English-
Location Duagh, AB
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Earnings $16.52 hourly
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Work Hours 40 to 70 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 7  Vacancies
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Closing Date Dec 11, 2024
Employer
Norbest Farms
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
Work setting
- Rural area
- Remote location
Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- 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.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Seed cutting
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
Type of crops
Potatoes
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Forklift
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
- Planting equipment
- Skidsteer
- Hand tools
Automated systems experience
Automated irrigation system
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
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
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Experience
Experience an asset
Health benefits
Health care plan
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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.
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