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Adamson Farms Ltd is looking for a motivated, self starter to join our family run farm. We run 4000ac of grain and 150 head of Beef Cow/calf Angus/commercial operation.(We are not a Dairy Farm) The successful applicant must be able to work well with others as well as alone with little supervision. Must be careful with equipment and around the yard as their are children present. Duties will include but are not limited to operating large farm equipment, maintenance/servicing/care of large farm equipment, shop duties, helping with seeding, spraying, haying, harvest and all duties related with spring start up and fall clean up. Cattle duties involve chores(feeding/bedding,etc) fencing, sorting, hauling, Monitoring/maintaining herd health, etc. We offer a fun, friendly and safe work place. This is a physically demanding job that requires working in all weather conditions and long hours/7 days a week during peak seasons. Possibility of housing available for the right applicant. Please contact us for more information
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Computer use
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not applicable
Specific Skills
- 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
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
- Swather
- Seed drill
- Manure spreader
- Loader
- Haying 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
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Confined spaces
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated