Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Will train
Green job
The employer stated that this is a green job because the position:
- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Work site environment
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Staff accommodation available
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvesting seedlings
- Hoeing crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Soil fertility programs
- Vegetable culling
- Weeding
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Sort and pack fruits and vegetables
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Remove litter and garbage
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Cut grass
- Assist with landscape constructions
- Perform safety and security checks
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Rake and collect refuse
- Clean snow and ice from walkways and parking areas
- Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Tractor
- Weed trimmer/edger
- Roto-tiller
- Pick-up truck
- Chain saw
- Tractor mower
Automated systems experience
- Automated irrigation system
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Manual dexterity
Weight handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Team player
- Dependability
- Reliability
- Punctuality
- Hardworking
Benefits
Other benefits
- On-site housing options