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general farm worker - harvesting

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Employer details Factors Group of Nutritional Companies Inc.

Job details

  • LocationKelowna, BC
  • Workplace information On site
  • Salary17.40 hourly / 40 hours per week
  • Terms of employment Seasonal employmentFull time
  • Day, Evening, Weekend, Early Morning, Morning
  • Start date: 2025-03-01
  • Benefits: Health benefits, Other benefits
  • vacancies 5 vacancies
  • Source Job Bank #3130788

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Organic farming
  • Other grain farming
  • Other miscellaneous crop farming
  • Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • All weather conditions
  • Dirty

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation provided
  • Room and board provided
  • Rural area
  • Remote location
  • Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Apply fertilizers
  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
  • Clean the crops
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Clear fields of wood and stones
  • Cut agricultural crops
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Harvest seedlings
  • Pick row and orchard crops
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Sort fruits and vegetables
  • Tie and secure plants
  • Weeding
  • Clean work area
  • Harvest crops
  • Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Large workload
  • Walking

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Other benefits

  • On-site housing options

Who can apply to this job?

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.

If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.

Advertised until

2024-11-23

Important notice: This job posting was posted directly by the employer on Job Bank. The Government of Canada has taken steps to make sure it is accurate and reliable but cannot guarantee its authenticity.

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Factors Group of Nutritional Companies Inc.

  • Manufacturing
  • 1 job posting advertised
  • Large business (between 100 and 500 employees)
  • 2 business locations
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general farm worker - harvesting NOC 85101 Thompson–Okanagan Region
Median wage Help -
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