Mushroom Harvesting Labourer

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:

1. 28345 King Road, Abbotsford, BC, Canada - V4X 1C9

2. 889 Lefeuvre Road, Abbotsford, BC, Canada - V4X 1H7

3. 4933 264th Street, Aldergrove, BC, Canada - V4W 1K4

4. 25359 16 Avenue, Aldergrove, BC, Canada - V4W 2R7

5. 3151 260th Street, Aldergrove, BC, Canada - V4W 2Z6

6. 2092 232nd Street, Langley, BC, Canada - V2Z 2Z6

7. 7630 Bradner Road, Abbotsford, BC, Canada - V4X 2B6                        

8. 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: $17.40-19.40/hour (Depending on experience)

NUMBER OF POSITIONS: 180 

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 and quality 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 equipments
  • 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 bed, crouch, stand, and kneel for long extended periods
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. (20kg)
• Ability to work in various conditions, indoors, outdoors, cold, wet/damp, dust, distinct odours
• Ability to utilize fine motor coordination with hands and arms
• 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: hrjobs@champsmushrooms.com

• In the subject line, please indicate the position you are applying for

Fax: 1-604-625-1185