Jobs Openings At Kroeker Farms Limited – Winkler, Manitoba

Job Title: farm worker, vegetables
Location: Winkler, Manitoba
Shift: Morning, Night, Overnight
Wage: $22.60/Hour

Work Term : Temporary
Work Language : English or French
Hours : 40 to 60 hours per week
Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience : Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Organic farming
• Outdoors
• Wet / damp
• Odours
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Cold / refrigerated
• Potato and vegetable

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Grading
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Hoeing crops
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Stone and / or wood picking
• Vegetable culling
• Weeding
• Clean work area
• Harvest crops
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
• Sort, stack, bundle and stamp materials

Type of crops

• Onions
• Potatoes

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Weight handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• Quick learner

Screening questions

Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Government programs

Recognized employer

Health benefits

Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Life insurance

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning / training paid by employer
• On-site recreation and activities
• Wellness program