Farm Worker needed at B & J Berry Farm Ltd
This permanent, full-time Farm Worker Job in Canada requires no education or prior experience, as training is provided. Work is physically demanding and takes place outdoors in various weather conditions. Tasks include planting, weeding, irrigating, fertilizing, harvesting, sorting, and grading fruits and vegetables—particularly blueberries and raspberries—as well as operating and maintaining farm equipment. The role involves repetitive movements, heavy lifting, and extended hours (40 to 70 hours per week). Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada and willing to relocate. The work is conducted in English.
Full job description
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Will train
- Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
- All weather conditions
- Tasks
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the crops
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Tie and secure plants
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Type of crops
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 70 hours per week
