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
- By Email: lisa@gibsonfarms.ca
- Application Deadline: May 30, 2025