Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Will train
Internship
This position is a paid internship that encourages on-the-job learning and skill development. It is aimed at any candidate who wishes to acquire work experience or explore a career.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Budding trees
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Soil fertility programs
- Tie and secure plants
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Apples
- Blueberries
- Field berries
- Garlic
- Orchard fruit
- Raspberries
- Berries
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Loader
- Tractor
- Manure spreader
- Planting equipment
- Tillage equipment
- Hand tools
Area of specialization
- Permaculture
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
- Judgement
- Reliability