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Vegetable Farm Worker

Employer

BRB Farms Ltd.

Date Posted

January 29, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Redcliff, AB
  • Earnings $17.44 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 52 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 6  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 23, 2024
Job Requirements

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 & Abilities
The Vegetable Farm Worker 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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