Farm Worker

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma needed

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

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

Work site environment

• Dry pea and bean farming
• Organic farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Wet/damp

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Greenhouse cleaning
• Handling animals
• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Mixing fertilizer
• Monitoring animal health
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Weeding
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Clean the crops
• Interact with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system
• Tie and secure plants
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Cut horticultural crops
• Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops
• Harvest seedlings
• Repair and maintain equipment

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Apiary management

Type of crops

• Bell peppers
• Cucumbers
• Soybeans
• Tomatoes

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated irrigation system
• Feeding and watering system

Automated systems experience

• Automated environmental control equipment
• Manure handling and storage

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Team player
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Hardworking