Job Description
Job Description
MUSHROOM HARVESTING LABOURER POSITIONS AVAILABLE
COMPANY NAME:Champ’s Fresh Farms Inc
HEAD OFFICE:3151 260th St, Aldergrove, BC, V4W 2Z6
JOB LOCATIONS: Various locations in the lower mainland see below:
- 28345 King Road, Abbotsford, BC, V4X 1C9
- 4933 264th St, Aldergrove, BC, V4W 1K4
- 2092 232nd St, Langley, BC, V2Z 2Z6
- 7630 Bradner Road, Abbotsford, BC, V4X 2B6
- 3151 260th St, Aldergrove, BC, V4W 2Z6
- 889 Lefeuvre Road, Abbotsford, BC V4X 1H7
- 25359 16 Ave, Aldergrove, BC V4W 2R7
- 6191 264th Street, Aldergrove, BC, Canada – V4W 1K8
JOB TITLE: Mushroom Harvesting Labourer
START DATE:As soon as possible
JOB TYPE:Full time, Permanent positions available
WAGE:$17-85-19.40/hour (Depending on experience)
NUMBER OF POSITIONS:100
JOB DUTIES:
- Harvesting, Picking, sorting, packing, and weighing mushrooms
- Decide which mushrooms to pick to encourage good quality harvest by selecting which mushrooms to harvest and which to leave to grow, to maximize size, quality, and output of mushrooms
- Sort picked mushrooms by sizes into boxes
- Cut mushroom manually on the portabella line
- Slice mushrooms on slice machine using SOP and ensure safety guards are followed as trained i.e. machine shut down, chains properly attached, steel covered
- Manual Handling of pre-pack blue trays on the end bench of conveyor
- Placing empty blue trays on the tub wash conveyor
- Placing filled mushroom (all sizes such as 8oz, 16oz, etc.) into boxes and placed on the conveyors
- Ensure all trays goes through OMORI – wrapping, stickering, and metal detector
- Wrap and label mushrooms
- Weighing of mushroom box on the weigh machine
- Weigh and package mushrooms in a manner that the product is safe and legal
- Assist in operating and maintaining various farm machinery and equipment
- Loading/unloading farm produce and supplies for transport
- Bringing stack of mushrooms of pre-pack blue trays pallets using electric pallet jacks
- Picking of wrapped mushroom boxes and placing on the cardboard
- Placing of cardboard and stacking on the wooden pallets
- Move empty cardboard boxes to the trashing machine outside area using hand pallet jack
- Moving the pallets to the warehouses
- Unloading farm supplies from trucks using various mobile equipment
- Operate mobile equipment, such as forklifts, skid steers, front-end loaders
- Cleaning and preparing mushroom beds, growing and working areas
- Ensure all fallen mushrooms are cleaned off mushroom beds
- Cleaning mushrooms beds properly to help promote good crop for the next flush of mushrooms
- Cleaning, washing off floors, machines, hoppers, bunkers, etc.
- Ensure fallen mushrooms on the ground are swept and cleaned
- Ensure fallen mushrooms on the rotating parts are cleaned using air guns
- Ensure all trash are cleaned outside in the big bin
- Sanitizing picking tools and working area
- Stacking blue tubs
- Moving clean tubs and palletizing skid
- Checking for cleanliness of the tubs
- Wrapping skids of empty tubs
- Sanitizing picking tools, buckets, etc.
- Ensuring cleanliness, tidiness, and safety of work environment.
BENEFITS: Extended health and dental benefits are provided to successful candidates who are hired and have passed their 3 months probationary period.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to work a high height level, using ladders, lorries/man lifts to harvest mushrooms
- Ability to bend, couch, stand and kneel for long extended periods
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs (20Kg)
- Ability to work in various conditions, indoors, outdoors, cold, wet/damp, distinct odours
- Ability to work long hours with repetitive tasks
- Ability to work under minimal supervision.
LANGUAGE:No formal language requirement.
EXPERERIENCE:No Education or experience required; successful candidates will be trained on job duties.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please apply only in the manner specified below:
Email: hr@champsmushrooms.com
- In the subject line, please indicate the position you are applying for
Fax: 1-604-625-1185
