Farm Worker, Fruit

Employer: Haist Family Farms

Location: Fenwick, Ontario

Salary: $17.95 hourly

Languages: English Education: No degree, certificate or diploma Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years Work site environment: Fruit and vegetable combination farming. Outdoors. At heights. Wet/damp. Dangerous. Odours. Dusty. Hot. Noisy. Cold/refrigerated. All weather conditions. Dirty Work setting: Rural area Tasks: Apply fertilizers. Apply the technique of hoeing between the row. Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas. Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots. Dose water saturation, light and temperature as instructed for crop growth and development. Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.. Pack fruits and vegetables. Pick row and orchard crops. Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops. Sort fruits and vegetables. Tie and secure plants. Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality. Weeding. Clean work area. Harvest crops. Lo