JA Orchards is hiring
General Labourer - Farm with LMIA

Work site environment

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Outdoors

Tasks

• Apply fertilizers
• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Cut agricultural 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.
• Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
• Pick row and orchard crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Weeding
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment

Type of crops

• Apples
• Cherries

Equipment and machinery experience

• Loader
• Tractor
• Sprayer or duster

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Parking available