Farm Labourer – Harvesting + (LMIA)

Thiara Farms

Location: 1391 Brock Road, Dundas, ON L9H 5E4, Canada

Base Salary: 17.00 to 18.00 hourly for 35 to 40 hours per week

Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time

Number of Vacancies: 5 vacancies

lmia approved job in canada

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

Work site environment

  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
  • Outdoors

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
  • Clean the crops
  • Clear fields of wood and stones
  • Cultivate on vertical farming system
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Harvest seedlings
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Weeding
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Harvest crops
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Combine harvester
  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Planting equipment

Automated systems experience

  • Automated environmental control equipment

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Sound discrimination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player

🌐 Who can apply to this job?

The employer accepts applications from:

  • Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada.
  • 🌐 Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.

To apply for this job please visit www.jobbank.gc.ca.