Job Description

Overview
With some duties as a maple syrup maker
30-40 hours per week
Early morning, Evening, Morning, Day, Weekend
Languages
English
Education
• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
• Chicken farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Other poultry farming
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
• Outdoors
• Sheep farming
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Cold/refrigerated
• All weather conditions
• Dirty
Work setting
• Rural area
• Farm
Responsibilities
Tasks
• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Handling animals
• Level earth to fine grade specifications
• Mixing fertilizer
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Shear the sheep
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Perform general farm duties
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Clean the crops
• Monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns
• Apply fertilizers
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
• Public transportation is not available

Required languages: English

Education level: Secondary or Equivelant

Required skills: Work conditions and physical capabilities • Ability to work independently • Fast-paced environment • Work under pressure • Tight deadlines • Physically demanding • Repetitive tasks • Handling heavy loads • Combination of sitting, standing, walking • Large workload • Hand-eye co-ordination • Sitting • Standing for extended periods • Walking • Bending, crouching, kneeling • Manual dexterity Weight handling • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs) Personal suitability • Organized • Team player • Flexibility • Judgement • Reliability • Quick learner • Values and ethics

Closest intersection: Kirkfield Rd and Brechin Rd