Spruce Lane Potatoes Inc. located in Outlook, SK requires 1 full-time General Farm Worker – Harvesting with potato, grain and canola farming duties:
Job Details
Location: HWY 764 TWP 304/NE-21-30-07-W3 Outlook, SK, S0L 2N0
Salary: $24.98 hourly / 40- 50 hours per week
Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time, Day, Weekend, Overtime required, Overtime available
Starts as soon as possible
Benefits: Dental Plan, Health Care Plan
Job Requirements
Languages: English
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience: Experience an asset
On the road: Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.
Work site environment: Dusty, Noisy, All weather conditions, Dirty, Potato and vegetable
Work setting: Rural area
Type of crops: Potatoes, Grains, Canola
Equipment and machinery experience: Farm truck, Forklift, Loader, Tractor, Vegetable harvester, Combine harvester, Fertilizer applicator, Planting equipment, Seed drill, Sprayer or duster, Swather, Tillage equipment, Welding, Skidsteer, Hand tools
Transportation/travel information: Public transportation is not available; Valid driver’s license
Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently, Fast-paced environment, Repetitive tasks, Work under pressure, Handling heavy loads, Physically demanding, Attention to detail, Standing for extended periods, Bending, crouching, kneeling, Large workload, Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills, Flexibility, Organized, Reliability, Team player, Values and ethics, Quick learner
Job Duties
- Apply fertilizers
- Clean the crops
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- 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, Fertilize and spray crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops, Harvest crops
- Write daily basic progress reports, Clean work area
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Operate climate controls
- Perform general farm duties