Apple Picker needed in Canada by David Griffiths

Fruit pickers, often referred to as harvesters, are an important part of the agriculture industry because fruit is delicate and requires gentle harvesting techniques. Mechanized picking machines can damage or destroy fruit during the picking process. Approximately 75 percent of U.S. vegetables are machine harvested, but less than half of fruit cops use mechanized labor, according to Rural Migration News. Fruit pickers must be detail-oriented, fast and reliable so they can remove fruit without loss. Orchard managers have their own procedures for harvesting fruit, so pickers must learn procedures and tips to satisfy their boss’s expectations.

Harvest fruits nuts, like cherries, strawberries, grapes, oranges, and pecans, according to method appropriate for type of fruit, by hand or using tools, like shears, rubber mallet, pronged scoop, or hooked pole. Carry positions work aids, like ladders, canvas drop cloths and buckets….

Responsibilities:

• Distinguished and harvested all fruits according to size, shape, and color.
• Used hand tools, ladders, and other equipments and completed assigned tasks efficiently.
• Sniped stems and separated unwanted substances from fruits.
• Weighed, placed, and arranged fruits into containers, carefully and properly.
• Packed and loaded filled fruit-containers onto trucks for transportation.
• Removed damaged and defective fruits and cleaned work site, as required.

Job details

•  Location: 42933 St Michaels Rd Brussels, ONN0G 1H0
•  Salary:$14.39HOUR hourly for 50 hours per week
•  Terms of employment: Seasonal employment
  Full time
•  Day, Weekend, Early Morning
  08:00 to 18:00
•  Start date: Start date 2021-09-09
•  vacancies: 2 vacancies