farm worker, fruit

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Viticulture
• Wet/damp
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Apply fertilizers
• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Cultivate on vertical farming system
• Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
• Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
• Mixing fertilizer
• Pick row and orchard crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Weeding
• Clean work area
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Budding trees
• Cut horticultural crops

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Apples
• Cherries
• Grapes
• Vineyard

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm truck
• Loader
• Tractor
• Fertilizer applicator
• Sprayer or duster
• Tillage equipment

Automated systems experience

• Automated irrigation system

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver’s licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Benefits

Other benefits

• On-site housing options