general farm worker

Two Sisters Vineyards


Date: 17 hours ago
City: Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Contract type: Full time
Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

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
  • Outdoors

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Weeding
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Harvest crops
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Cut horticultural crops
  • Harvest seedlings
  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
  • Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
  • Tie and secure plants

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

  • Apples
  • Cherries
  • Grapes

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Automated irrigation system
  • Feeding and watering system
  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Sprayer or duster
  • Tractor
  • Fruit harvester
  • Loader
  • Planting equipment

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement

Benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for Indigenous people

  • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

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