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Job Details

Vegetable Farm Worker

Employer

Bo Greenhouse

Date Posted

October 01, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Redcliff, AB
  • Earnings $17.44 hourly
  • Work Hours 34 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Oct 31, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Bo Greenhouse

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Wet/damp
  • Odours
  • Hot
  • Dirty
  • Non-smoking

Tasks

  • Apply fertilizers
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Harvest crops
  • Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

Type of crops

Cucumbers

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work under pressure
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Large workload
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • 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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Abilities

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Visual Abilities

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Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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