RGP Greenhouses Inc.
Grain farm labourer
Location: Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada
Base Salary: 17.75 hourly for 40 hours per week
Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time
10 vacancies
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Will train
Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Room and board provided
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Brush collecting
- Cleaning crop
- Clipping
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Harvesting seedlings
- Lowering
- Mixing fertilizer
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Seed cutting
- Vegetable culling
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- 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.