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Assisting in a wide range of activities related to seeding,
movement of grain and harvesting. These will include planting, fertilizing, cultivating, spraying, handling agricultural fertilizers and chemicals, and harvesting. Also includes operating, repairing and maintaining trucks, farm equipment and buildings. Must have
valid drivers license and available extended hours and continuous days during harvest. Meals and nice, private accommodation available. Must have previous farm experience . Please send resume.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Numeracy
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- 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
- Fertilize and spray crops
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
- Swather
- Seed drill
- Planting equipment
- Loader
- Lift truck
- 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
- Remote location
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
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Storage and silage
- Bulk grain or feed handling
Work Site Environment
- Dangerous
- Outdoors
- Dusty