Harvest Worker (LMIA approved)
Sekhon & Sons Nursery INC based in Pitt Meadows, BC is inviting applications from suitable candidates for the position of Harvest Worker. Sekhon & Sons Nursery INC is known as a strong organisation with around 500 members. Our organization is known to represent the landscape trades, garden centres, wholesale and retail nurseries, suppliers, as well as educators, students and horticulture affiliates. Our members are always accessible to all the extra benefits offered. Our Nursery association is known to be an organisation serving the BC’s nursery growers, landscape professionals, retail garden centres and the associated landscape horticulture trade. We are LMIA approved to hire a foreign worker to fill labour or skills shortages on a temporary basis The candidates who will get selected for the vacancy will be required to start the work as soon as possible. The vacancies refer to full time or permanent employment. The candidates have to work in Day, Weekend, Early Morning and Morning shifts. The position of Harvest Worker is approved by LMIA.
Job Description:
Employer Name: Sekhon & Sons Nursery INC
Position: Harvest Worker
No of Vacancies: 16
Salary: $15.20 hourly for 40 hours per week
Employment Type: Full time
Location: Pitt Meadows, BC
Shifts: Day, Weekend, Early Morning and Morning
Work Site Environment: Confined spaces, Outdoors, Wet/damp, Dusty, Hot
Transportation/Travel Information: Own transportation
Work Location Information: Staff accommodation provided, Relocation costs covered by an employer
Requirements:
Languages: English
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience: 7 months to 1 year
Equipment and Machinery Experience: Tractor, Loader
Weight Handling: Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Type of Farm Operations: Other miscellaneous crop farming
Physical Requirements:
- The candidate should be able to work in a fast-paced environment
- The candidate should be able to perform repetitive tasks
- The candidate should be physically demanding
- The candidate should be able to work with hand-eye coordination
- The candidate should be a combination of standing for extended periods, bending, crouching and kneeling
- The candidate should be able to work overtime
Other Requirements:
- The candidate should be a team player
- The candidate should be someone who can be relied on
Responsibilities:
- The candidate should be able to load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- The candidate should have landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists’ specific skills in grading
Benefits:
- The employees get to promote high standards of horticulture
- The employees get to work under the provision of skills service members
- The employees get to be a part of the promotion of the relevance of horticulture in fostering
- The employees get financial and compensatory benefits
- The employees get various leave benefits
Company Overview:
The Sekhon & Sons Nursery INC has been working for around 60 years and today is a vibrant association, with chapters in the Lower Mainland, the Interior, and on the Island. The company is known to offer member companies leadership, information and services for the development of more knowledgeable and responsible horticulture practices. The Sekhon & Sons Nursery INC is also included in business development and issues management for BC’s green industry
How to apply:
If the position is fit for you and the basic requirements are fulfilled then you can now apply directly to the employer by sending an email or sending a mail (along with resume) through below mentioned details.
By Email:
hr.piroche.plants@gmail.com
By Mail:
20542 McNeil Road
Pitt Meadows, BC
V3Y 2T9
We thank all the applicants for showing their interest and trust in us, however, only the most eligible candidates will be selected and conducted for further procedure directly from employers, in between no charges/fees or original documents will be asked from any applicant. All the best!