Fruit farm worker

FABER ACRES LTD. is located at Vernon, BC. The company is currently looking for applications for the role of Fruit farm worker. We are in search of a self-disciplined individual with outstanding interpersonal skills. The selected applicant will be required to join and take their responsibilities at the earliest. The open positions are for Seasonal employment or Full time job. The timings of shifts may be Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, Overtime, On Call, Flexible Hours, To be determined, Early Morning and Morning.

Employer Name: FABER ACRES LTD.
Position: Fruit farm worker
No. of vacancies: 2
Salary: $17.40 to $18.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 50 to 60 hours per week
Employment type: Seasonal employment, Full time
Location: Vernon, BC

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Hiring: Fruit farm worker

Job Description

  • The candidate must clean the crops.
  • The candidate must clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens, and other work areas.
  • The candidate will be responsible for clearing fields of wood and stone.
  • The candidate will be responsible for grading vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volumeย in order to fetch high price in market.
  • The candidate will be responsible for guiding growing shoots into optimal development positions.
  • The candidate must harvest seedlings.
  • The candidate must mix fertilizer.
  • The candidate must plant, cultivate, and irrigate crops.
  • The candidate must manually remove all suckers and water sprouts.
  • The candidate must tie and secure plants.
  • The candidate will be responsible for training trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
  • The candidate will be responsible for weeding.
  • The candidate will be responsible for fertilizing and spraying crops.
  • The candidate must harvest crops.
  • The candidate must operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
  • The candidate must examine the product’s quality and readiness for market.
  • The candidate will be responsible for budding trees.
  • The candidate will be responsible for cutting horticultural crops.

Job Requirements

  • The candidate should be fluent in English language.
  • There are no standard education requirements such as a bachelor’s degree, a certificate, or a diploma.
  • Candidate having experience is an asset.
  • The candidate should have effective interpersonal skills.
  • The candidate should be organized and flexible in nature.
  • The candidate should have good judgemental skills.
  • The candidate should be a good team player.

Work site environment

  • The type of farm operation is fruit and vegetable combination farming.
  • The candidate will be required to work long hours in an outdoor environment.
  • The candidate must be able to work at heights.
  • The candidate must be able to work in wet/damp, dusty, hot, and cold/refrigerated conditions.

Work setting

  • The candidate should work in a rural area; most people live or work on farms or ranches. Hamlets, villages, towns, and other small settlements are in or surrounded by rural areas.
  • The candidate should work from a remote location, the practice of employees doing their jobs from a location other than a central office operated by the employer.

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

  • The crops are cherries.

Equipment and machinery experience

  • The candidate must have experience using farm equipment such as a farm truck, fruit harvester, loader, tractor, fertilizer applicator, planting equipment, sprayer/duster, and tillage equipment.

Automated systems experience

  • The candidate must be familiar with automated irrigation systems, as well as feeding and watering systems.

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • The candidate must have a valid driver’s licence.
  • The candidate must have their own transportation.
  • The candidate must have their own vehicle.
  • The candidate must be willing to travel frequently.

How to Apply

If you are enthusiastic about applying, please use the available alternatives to submit your application.

By email

faberacresltd@gmail.com

By mail

901B Six Mile Creek Rd
Vernon, BC
V1H 2H1

Note

Please include the following while sending the application

  • Job reference number- 002
  • Cover letter
  • References attesting experience
  • Letter of recommendation
  • Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed
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