About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Other grain farming. Outdoors. Grain, oil and forage crop. All weather conditions. Work setting: Rural area. Staff accommodation available.
Tasks
- Clean the crops.
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment.
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Fertilize and spray crops.
- Harvest crops.
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting.
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Supervision: 1 to 2 people.
- Type of crops: Seed corn.
- Canola.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Fertilizer applicator.
- Harvesters.
- Sprayer or duster.
- Tractor.
- Combine harvester.
- Farm truck.
- Haying equipment.
- Loader.
- Planting equipment.
- Swather.
- Skidsteer.
- Forklift.
- Area of specialization: Agricultural crop service.
- Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Personal suitability: Team player.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
- Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Paramedical services coverage.
- Vision care benefits.
- Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.