Job description

COMPANY NAME:Champ’s Fresh Farms Inc

HEAD OFFICE:3151 260^th St, Aldergrove, BC, V4W 2Z6

JOB LOCATIONS: Various locations in the lower mainland see below:

1. 28345 King Road, Abbotsford, BC, V4X 1C9
2. 4933 264^th St, Aldergrove, BC, V4W 1K4
3. 2092 232^nd St, Langley, BC, V2Z 2Z6
4. 7630 Bradner Road, Abbotsford, BC, V4X 2B6
5. 3151 260^th St, Aldergrove, BC, V4W 2Z6
6. 889 Lefeuvre Road, Abbotsford, BC V4X 1H7
7. 25359 16 Ave, Aldergrove, BC V4W 2R7
8. 6191 264^th 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