Employment Information
- Post ID: 133922472
- Posted Date: Jul 3, 2025
- Close Date: Sep 10, 2025 (open for 68 days)
- Company: TapRoot Farms
- Category: Farm, Agriculture & Forestry
- Business Location:Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Total Views: 473
- Listing Age: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 8 hours ago
- Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/133922472/nova-scotia/port-williams/harvesting-labourer/
Job Details
- Experience: 7 months - 1 year
- Opening Positions: 3
- Remuneration: $15.70 per hour / 40 to 70 hours per week
- Commencement Date: : 2025-10-15Enddate: 2027-10-15
- Education: High school graduation certificate
- How to apply: email to [email protected], by mail
Job Description
Tasks
- Apply fertilizers
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Clean the crops
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Sort fruits and vegetables
- Weeding
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Clean work area
- 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
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Apples
- Asparagus
- Bell peppers
- Blueberries
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cherries
- Cucumbers
- Field berries
- Garlic
- Onions
- Orchard fruit
- Strawberries
- Sweet corn
- Tomatoes
- Zucchinis
- Berries
- Potatoes
- Vegetables
- Microgreens
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Forklift
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
- Planting equipment
- Hand tools
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus