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Full time short term position at Michaelsen Farms Ltd, 10,000 acres farm located in Lampman, SK. Must be willing to work during extended hours during spraying and harvesting season. Successful candidate must have: driving licence with clean abstract; Farm management education including basic agronomy and farm apprenticeship; Experience operating modern John Deere equipment with ability to program and operate JD's AMS technology as well as experience working in a team. Duties include: Maintenance of all farm equipment; Crop spraying, swathing and harvesting as well as tillage operations. Fluent French or English required
Essential Skills
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Specific Skills
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Harvest crops
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
- Swather
- Seed drill
- Planting equipment
- Loader
- Haying equipment
- Farm truck
- Fertilizer equipment
- Crop sprayer or duster
- Combine
Type of Farm Operations
- Grain, oil and forage crop
Work Location Information
- Staff accommodation available
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Handling heavy loads
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Dusty
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