Farm Worker, Fruit – Gibson Farms

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Company Description:
Gibson Farms is a fruit farming business located in Newcastle, Ontario, specializing in apple production and horticultural crop management.


Job Details

  • Location: Newcastle, ON
  • Workplace Information: On site (no remote work option)
  • Salary: $17.23 hourly
  • Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Type of Employment: Permanent, Full time
  • Schedule: Day, Evening, Weekend, Early Morning, Morning
  • Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Vacancies: 60
  • Job Posting Source: Job Bank #3294063

Qualifications

  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma required
  • Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

Job Responsibilities

  • Clean the crops
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Harvest seedlings
  • Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
  • Weeding
  • Harvest crops
  • Budding trees
  • Cut horticultural crops

Work Conditions

  • Outdoors, at heights, wet/damp, dusty, hot, noisy
  • Rural area
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work under pressure, tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding, hand-eye coordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods, bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal Suitability

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

Who Can Apply

  • Canadian citizens
  • Permanent residents of Canada
  • Temporary residents of Canada with a valid work permit

How to Apply