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apartmentRiverbend Farms Inc. placeNiagara-on-the-Lake calendar_month 

Work Term: Temporary

  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset
Work site environment
  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Outdoors
  • Viticulture
  • At heights
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • All weather conditions
Work setting
  • Rural area
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate
Tasks
  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
  • Clean the crops
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Cut agricultural crops
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
  • Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
  • Pack fruits and vegetables
  • Pick row and orchard crops
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
  • Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
  • Sort fruits and vegetables
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Weeding
  • Harvest crops
  • Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
Type of crops
  • Apples
  • Cherries
  • Garlic
  • Grapes
  • Orchard fruit
  • Potatoes
  • Vineyard
Specialization or experience
  • Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Transportation/travel information
  • Own transportation
  • Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Ability to work independently
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics
Screening questions
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • 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?
  • What is your current field of study?
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