Employer: GS Farms
Location: 11400 No 4 Road, Richmond, British Columbia V7A 2Z8
Job title: Harvesting labourer
Salary: $ 18.25 per hour (30-40 hours per week), 4% vacation pay
Position: Permanent and full-time
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience: Experience an asset
Language: English
Start date: As soon as possible
Employment Conditions: Day, Evening, Morning
Vacancies: 4
Youth, new immigrants, students, apprentices, veterans of Canadian armed forces, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and aboriginal people are welcome to apply.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Clean the crops
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Cut agricultural crops
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- 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
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Apples
- Blueberries
- Carrots
- Cherries
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Onions
- Strawberries
Equipment and machinery experience
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Quick learner
To apply, please send your resume at gsfarm11400@gmail.com
By Mail, please apply at the above given address.
