Farm Worker, Vegetables

• Relocation costs not covered by employer

• 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.
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

• Carrots

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Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment

Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

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Typical ability expectations for this job

Do you have good mechanical skills? Do you have a keen interest in livestock, biology, and the environment? Are you in good health and love working outdoors? Then you may want to reap what you sow in a career as a farm worker or technician.