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Our farm is in Gerald SK as you should perform your duties here.
Your main duties and responsibilities would include plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, and harvest crops. You will operate, maintain, and repair farm machinery and equipment. You will help maintain health of crops and clean seed. You will also help in managing grain inventories by monitoring, moving, blending, etc. The duties are included but not limited to maintenance, repair, and clean buildings; maintain roads and farmyard (moving, grading, trimming, spraying, plow snow, etc.)
Norenda Ag does have a benefit plan that all employees are encouraged to sign up for. Benefits include Employee Life Insurance, Dependent Life insurance, Accidental Death, Dismemberment and Specific Loss, Employee Critical Illness Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Health Care, Vision Care and Dental Care.
Norenda Ag is a good standing member of WCB.
Essential Skills
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Continuous learning
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
- 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
- Vegetable harvester
- Planting equipment
- Haying equipment
- Farm truck
- Fertilizer equipment
- Crop sprayer or duster
Type of Farm Operations
- Combined mixed farming
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Dusty