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Job Details

Mushroom Picker

Employer

Highline Mushrooms West Limted

Date Posted

August 05, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Airdrie, AB
  • Earnings $18.33 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 20  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Aug 26, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Highline Mushrooms West Limted

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Organic farming
  • At heights
  • Wet/damp
  • Odours
  • Noisy

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Remote location

Tasks

  • Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Sort fruits and vegetables
  • Clean work area
  • Harvest crops

Type of crops

Mushrooms

Equipment and machinery experience

Hand tools

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics
  • Quick learner

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Morning

Experience

Experience an asset

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime available

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Piece work

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Other benefits
  • Wellness program

Support for persons with disabilities

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
  • Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for mature workers

Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Mushroom Picker is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Harvesting Labourers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to sort, weigh and pack fruit and vegetables at farms, and to pick row and orchard crops

objective

Interest in handling, loading, unloading and transferring crates, supplies, farm produce, livestock and poultry

innovative

Interest in preparing vegetable produce for market

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