General Farm Worker

Employer Name:                               1296133 BC Ltd.
Farm Location:                                  4924 King George Blvd, Surrey, BC V3Z 1G6
Email:                                                    workatfarms@gmail.com
Position:                                              General Farm Worker
NOC:                                                      8431
Positions available:                          3
Duration:                                             Full time/Permanent
Hours:                                                   40 hrs/wk

Wages:                                                 $16.50/hr

Overtime Conditions:                     As per BC Provincial Standards

Language:                                            Not Required

Education:                                           None
Experience:                                        None

Job Duties:

• Dig holes for good depth and ensure they meet space requirements.
• Remove weak, dead, broken, and low growth plants
• Water the plants considering factors like temperature, humidity, crop age and health.
• Protect berries from birds and insects using appropriate methods like bird netting and insecticides.
• Pruning the blueberries to stimulate growth of new shoots.
• Apply sawdust like fir, hemlock to the bed surface to maintain mulch and suppress the weeds
• Install trellis system to hold the branches in an upright position during harvesting.
• Harvest blueberries using Berry scoop/ hand rake.
• Load berries to the carts for transportation

Benefits:

Accommodation will be provided @$30 per week (if required)

Working Condition: Outdoors, wet/damp, rain/ shine, odours, hot/cold.

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