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Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
- Cold/refrigerated
- Potato and vegetable
Work setting
- Rural area
Tasks
- Cleaning crop
- Fruit trees training
- Grading
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Hoeing crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Seed cutting
- Stone and/or wood picking
- Vegetable culling
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Government programs
- Recognized employer