JOB DETAILSPosted Nov 9, 2026
Farm Worker, General
T. E. Boyle Farm & Forestry Limited
Afton Station (NS)
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- Location
- Afton Station (NS)
- Salary
- $17.00 hourly
Full job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Experience an asset
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Livestock combination farming
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Cold/refrigerated
- Potato and vegetable
- All weather conditions
Work setting
- Rural area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Planting equipment
- Vegetable harvester
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Reliability