Details

Business: Horsting's Farm Market
Email: littlemountaingreenhouses@shaw.ca
Address: 2540 Cariboo Hwy, Cache Creek BC V0K
Website: jobbank.gc.ca

Tags

Agriculture

Description

Greenhouse worker
For: Horsting's Farm Market
 

Position Details:

• Job Title: Greenhouse worker
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Wage: $23.00 - $25.00
• Hours: 30 to 72 hours per week
• Languages: English

 

Qualifications:

• Experience: 5 years or more
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

 

Responsibilities:
Tasks

• Clean the crops
• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas
• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Harvest seedlings
• Mixing fertilizer
• Operate climate controls
• Tie and secure plants
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Weeding
• Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
• Assist in pruning trees, shrubs and plants
• Mix and prepare soils
• Plant bulbs and seeds
• Pot and re-pot plants
• Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
• Apply fertilizers
• Report signs of insect or disease damage
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Clean work area

 

Experience and specialization

Type of product

• Bedding plants
• Berry bushes
• Cut flowers
• Fruit trees
• Vegetables

 

Type of crops

• Asparagus
• Bell peppers
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Cauliflowers
• Cucumbers
• Garlic
• Melons
• Onions
• Sweet corn
• Tomatoes
• Zucchinis

 

Equipment and machinery experience

• Forklift
• Garden tractors
• Irrigation pumps and equipment
• Mechanical cultivator
• Mechanical seeder
• Mechanical sprayer
• Light trucks

 

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination

 

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Reliability
• Team player

 

How to Apply:
By email

littlemountaingreenhouses@shaw.ca

By fax

604-792-7766

By mail

47558 YALE ROAD

CHILLIWACK, BC

V2P 7N1

What you must include in your application:

• Cover letter
• Answers to the following screening questions:
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

What might be required by the employer later in the hiring process:

• References attesting experience

 

For more information, please visit
greenhouse worker - Job posting - Job Bank