Description

CropPro is an independent consulting company based out of Naicam, SK. Our core business is crop
consulting and variable-rate mapping for farmers in east-central Saskatchewan. Our staff works in a unique business culture with flextime hours, performance bonuses, excellent holidays, and working out of a subsidized home office. CropPro has a well established customer base and reputation.

Duties: This full-time permanent position will involve crop scouting and recommendations for weeds, disease, insects and fertility for our crop monitoring services. Soil sampling, tissue sampling, on-farm trial support, and Veris/RTK mapping support will be required for our precision ag services. Excellent computer skills required to utilize our GIS, controllers, and record keeping software. The successful candidate will work from a home office and service farm clients generally within a 60 mile radius of Naicam. Must be willing to work overtime during busy season. Must work responsibly with minimal supervision.

Qualifications: Degree, Diploma, or Certificate in Agriculture (with agronomic study base).  Willing to get CCA or agrologist designation.  Farm and agronomic experience is an asset.

Skills and Abilities

Field Crop Specializations
 - Cereals
 - Oil seeds
 - Specialty crops
Type Of Work Experience
 - Farm management
 - Field crops
 - Plant science
 - Soil science
Work Setting
 - Private consulting company
Essential Skills
 - Significant use of memory
 - Continuous learning
 - Computer use
 - Finding information
 - Job task planning and organizing
 - Critical thinking
 - Decision making
 - Problem solving
 - Working with others
 - Oral communication
 - Writing
 - Numeracy
 - Document use
 - Reading text
Specific Skills - Field Crops
 - Classification
 - Harvesting
 - Plant nutrition
 - Plant growth and development
 - Plant disease, pest and weed prevention and eradication
 - Seeding
 - Seed/seeding production
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
 - Not required