General Farm Worker - Harvesting

Work site environment

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Budding trees
• Fruit trees training
• Grading
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Hoeing crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Stone and/or wood picking
• Vegetable culling
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Sort and pack fruits and vegetables
• Pick row and orchard crops

Experience and specialization

Type of product

• Vegetables

Type of crops

• Apples
• Blueberries
• Strawberries
• Orchard fruit
• Berries

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Judgement
• Values and ethics
• Reliability