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Fruit farm worker

Ellerslie Orchards Ltd.
Ellerslie, PE
$24.00 / hour
Full-time
Entry Level
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset
Work site environment
  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Outdoors
Work setting
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Rural area
  • Relocation costs covered by employer
Tasks
  • Apply fertilizers
  • Clean the crops
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Clear fields of wood and stones
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Dose water saturation, light and temperature as instructed for crop growth and development
  • Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
  • Level earth to fine grade specifications
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Pack fruits and vegetables
  • Pick row and orchard crops
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • 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
Transportation/travel information
  • Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Walking
Weight handling
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
  • Judgement
  • Organized
Other benefits
  • On-site housing options
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week