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We are seeking an energetic and enthusiastic person who is willing to learn. Position is available to start immediately, duties include harvesting crops, calving assistance, operation of large farm equipment, service and maintenance of machinery, trucking grain, general physical labour, farmyard and building maintenance, feeding and working with cattle. The position will be for the duration of August through October, with option to stay on full time for the right candidate.
Weekend and overtime hours will be available on our modern grain farm near Colonsay, SK. Flexible workdays and hours could be available if individual requires. Class 1A and farm experience would be preferred but not required.
Workplace is only 45 minutes outside of Saskatoon on the yellowhead highway. Competitive wages based on experience. #sksupportsukraine
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- 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
- Manure spreader
- Loader
- Lift truck
- 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
- 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
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Storage and silage
- Bulk grain or feed handling
Work Site Environment
- Confined spaces
- Dangerous
- Outdoors
- In/on water
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
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