Harvesting Labourer

Employer: Jeffries Bros. Vegetable Growers

Location: Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

Salary: $16.40 hourly

Languages: English Education: No degree, certificate or diploma Experience: No experience (will train) Work site environment: Fruit and vegetable combination farming. Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato). Outdoors. Dusty. Hot. Noisy. Cold/refrigerated. All weather conditions Work setting: Rural area Tasks: Apply the technique of hoeing between the row. Clean the crops. Cut agricultural crops. Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots. Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.. Hand harvesting vegetables. 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. Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market Type of crops: Asparagus. Cabbage. Carrots