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Vegetable Picker
Employer
Golby Family FarmDate Posted
May 16, 2023Languages
English-
Location Bloomsbury, AB
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Earnings $15.85 hourly
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Work Hours 30 to 44 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jun 15, 2023
Employer
Golby Family Farm
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Organic farming
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Staff accommodation provided
- Rural area
Tasks
- Cleaning crop
- Grading
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Hoeing crops
- Stone and/or wood picking
- Sort and pack fruits and vegetables
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
Type of product
All terrain vehicles (ATV)
Type of crops
- Bell peppers
- Cucumbers
- Tomatoes
- Berries
- Potatoes
- Vegetables
Equipment and machinery experience
Tractor
Transportation/travel information
Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
Gloves
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Values and ethics
- Judgement
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
Will train
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Other benefits
On-site housing options
Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.
Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in comparing information to sort, weigh and pack fruit and vegetables at farms, and to pick row and orchard crops
- objective
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Interest in handling, loading, unloading and transferring crates, supplies, farm produce, livestock and poultry
- innovative
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Interest in preparing vegetable produce for market
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.