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Fields Forward Society in Creston, BC is seeking Food Processing Assistants!
ABOUT Fields Forward Society
Fields Forward is opening a Regional Food Hub in the Creston Valley. This exciting project will be a model for other food hubs that open in the Columbia Basin. The Food Hub will expand on the successes of the Kootenay Mobile Press, providing juicing services as well as an automated bottling line, dehydrating, and various other food processing equipment. The purpose of the Food Hub is to help Kootenay region food and farm businesses to grow and innovate by giving them access to community-based processing equipment and facilities they might otherwise not afford. It will also offer an aggregation and distribution service, and sales support. Cold, dry and freezer storage is planned.
Fields Forward Society is a food and agriculture initiative in Creston and District working to build a vibrant and productive local agri-food. It has a mandate to support and sustain the community’s environmental, indigenous, social, cultural, economic and aesthetic values. In addition to the new Food Hub it owns a community fruit juicing machine used by the region’s orchardists.
DESIRED QUALITIES
This year’s seasonal positions will have expanded duties and responsibilities in a complex working environment, which will support the employee’s capacity and marketable skills, particularly for work with Food Processors and farmers in the Columbia Basin. The Operators will be two hard-working team players with mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn new skills.
Skills and Aptitude that would be of asset:
- Experience with (small) machinery operations, maintenance, and repairs
- Experience in construction/physical labour positions
- Proper Food Handling – Foodsafe Level 1 Certificate (or attend an on-line course paid by us)
- A Team Player
- Listen and follow instructions
JOB TASKS
- Take part in hands-on operational training
- Take direction from the Food Hub Manager
- Help to operate and maintain food processing equipment – depending on skills and experience
- Follow procedures and document processes using a computer
- Lift heavy loads (up to 30 pounds)
- Be based in the Creston Valley
- Maintain a flexible schedule
JOB DETAILS
Term: Seasonal Full Time, mid-July to beginning of November
Hours per week: 37.5 hours
Wage: $17.00 per hour
TO APPLY
If you meet the following criteria:
- be a permanent resident of the Columbia Basin;
- be unemployed, laid off or unable to secure sustainable work due to the pandemic, or be underemployed;
- not be a student (ie. not currently enrolled in a secondary or post-secondary program, nor returning or starting such a program in the fall);
- be legally entitled to work in Canada.
Please send us a resume and cover letter to foodhub@fieldsforward.ca
When applying, please mention you saw this posting at youngagrarians.org
LEARN MORE ABOUT Fields Forward Society
Website: https://www.fieldsforward.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fieldsforward