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Vegetable Farm Worker
Employer
BRB Farms Ltd.Date Posted
January 29, 2024Languages
English-
Location Redcliff, AB
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Earnings $17.44 hourly
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Work Hours 30 to 52 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 6  Vacancies
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Closing Date May 23, 2024
Employer
BRB Farms Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Hot
- Non-smoking
Work setting
Various locations
Tasks
- Clean the crops
- Cut horticultural crops
- Deleafing
- 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
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Harvest crops
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- Report signs of insect or disease damage
Type of crops
- Bell peppers
- Cucumbers
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Experience
Will train
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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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