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General Description:
Day to day activities will vary depending on the specific trial program requirements and the time of year. During the growing season, the applicant will assist with the preparation and execution of field operations and data collection activities of IHARFs small plot applied research and demonstration program. At times, the successful applicant will be required to undertake such activities independently or lead and work with summer staff. Through fall and winter, time will be spent cleaning and processing harvest samples, data entry, and preparation for the upcoming season.

Specific Duties:
- Assist with field preparation; measuring and flagging trial sites, labelling tests and plots, and mapping study areas,
- Assist with sourcing and acquiring various crop inputs as required,
- Calibrating various crop inputs through field equipment,
- Small plot seeding including operation, calibration and basic daily maintenance of field equipment,
- Assist with small plot and trial site spraying operations for general crop maintenance and treatment applications; equipment operation will include both hand-booms and field sprayer depending on the specific task; appropriate guidance and training will be provided,
- Assist with small plot harvest activities; daily maintenance and operation of harvest equipment, and other misc. tasks,
- Misc. field operations such as fertilizer and herbicide applications and basic trial site maintenance during the spring and summer months,
- Assist with data collection activities including soil sampling, plant emergence counts, biomass collections, flowering notes and maturity ratings,
- Assist with sample processing activities as required,
- Various grain handling activities such as operating augers, conveyors, pneumatic grain handling equipment and grain trucks,
- Assist with preparing for field days, tours, seminars as required.