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Season 1 Farm Worker
Groshong Farms
$20/hr; can be negotiated, depending on experience
Temporary/Seasonal: April 15 September 30; Full-Time
Looking for a seasonal farm hand to assist in general farm operations:
Operating farm machinery (tractors, air drill, combine, swather, grain trucks, grain cart, augers, grain vac)
Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements and machinery
Responsible and must be able to work unsupervised
Valid drivers license is a requirement. Additional compensation available for those possessing a Class 1A drivers license.
Farm experience, operation of large farm machinery and mechanically inclined is an asset.
When not operating machinery, maintenance around the farm yards is ongoing.
Extended hours during seeding and harvest is expected and required. Flexibility can be given in non-seeding/harvest times.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Specific Skills
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Harvest crops
- Fertilize and spray crops
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
- Swather
- Seed drill
- Planting equipment
- Loader
- Farm truck
- Fertilizer equipment
- Crop sprayer or duster
- Combine
Type of Farm Operations
- Grain, oil and forage crop
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot