Own Correspondent|A Canadian Tomato Picker job opportunity published by ZimEye.com has revealed that it will be more rewarding for most Zimbabwean professionals including doctors to quit their jobs and go and pick tomatoes in farms in Canada.
According the job advert, farms in Canada are offering a wage of $14.18, Canadian Dollars per hour.
The Canadian Dollar currently trades at about 80 US Cents which means that the farms are paying an hourly rate of US$17.73 an amount way higher than what the Zimbabwean government has offered any of its workers.
Government in its last wage offer to then striking doctors was a highest basic salary of ZWL$11 000 to Senior Doctor with Junior Doctors getting slightly less.
In US Dollar terms, the Canadian worker on an 8 hour day shift and 40 hour week will earn a basic salary of US$2 836 at the end of the month while a Zimbabwean Senior Doctor will go home with a basic salary of US$733.00.
Government also offered locum rates for nurses and paramedics at ZWL$16 per day hour and ZWL$24 per night hour which in US Dollar terms is way far from the farm workers wage in Canada.
In a meeting held with Civil Servants yesterday, government offered its workers a wage of ZWL$2000 per month which works out to US$133 per month, an amount a Canadian farm worker makes in a day’s work.
See the Canadian Tomato Picker job opportunity below.
Can you work in Canada as a Tomato picker?If you can work as a tomato picker in Canada, kindly see below for full details and apply. No degree or education needed
Location: Burford, ON
Salary: $14.18 an hour
No degree, certificate or diploma
No experience
Weight Handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Type of Farm Operations
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
Type of Crops
- Vegetables
- Bell peppers
- Tomatoes
Specific Skills
- Sort and pack fruits and vegetables
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
Specific Skills – Field Crops
- Hand harvesting vegetables
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Dusty
- Hot
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
Work Location Information
- Rural area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
Personal Suitability
- Team player
- Reliability
Landscape and Horticulture Technicians and Specialists Specific Skills
- Grading