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JFran Farms
Wallaceburg, ON
$17.20 an hour - Part-time, Full-time

Location

Wallaceburg, ON

Full job description

  • Work Term: Seasonal
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 30 to 65 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Will train

  • Work site environment

  • Corn farming
  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Oilseed (except soybean) farming
  • Other grain farming
  • Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
  • Outdoors
  • Wheat farming
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Odours
  • Wet/damp
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Grain, oil and forage crop
  • Potato and vegetable
  • Sugar beets
  • Tree and orchard fruit
  • All weather conditions
  • Dirty

  • Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Remote location
  • Various locations

  • Tasks

  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • 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.
  • Level earth to fine grade specifications
  • Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Weeding
  • Harvest crops
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Cut horticultural crops
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
  • Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops
  • Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots

  • Type of crops

  • Apples
  • Asparagus
  • Bell peppers
  • Blueberries
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflowers
  • Cherries
  • Cucumbers
  • Field berries
  • Grapes
  • Melons
  • Onions
  • Raspberries
  • Seed corn
  • Soybeans
  • Strawberries
  • Sweet corn
  • Tomatoes
  • Zucchinis

  • Specialization or experience

  • Green economy sector

  • Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation

  • Personal suitability

  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability

  • Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?