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We currently have 2 full time positions open. We are a family mixed enterprise operation of both cattle and grain. We keep enough staff so that everyone gets time off and can enjoy their own family life. Modern accommodations available and benefits. Experience is a must and Class 1A drivers licence an asset.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
- Swather
- Seed drill
- Planting equipment
- Loader
- Haying equipment
- Forage equipment
- Farm truck
- Fertilizer equipment
- Crop sprayer or duster
- Combine
Type of Farm Operations
- Livestock
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Combined mixed farming
Work Location Information
- Staff accommodation available
- Rural community
- Outside Canada
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Feeding and watering
- Bulk grain or feed handling
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated