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Duties will include but will not be limited to: seeding, fertilizing, and harvesting crops, as well as, operating and maintenance of all farm equipment and machinery. You will be expected to work 45 hours per week, Monday thru Friday with extended hours during seeding and harvest. We offer financial support (salary) during your stay in the amount of $20.00 CAD gross per hour and affordable accommodation while living at the farm if required.
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
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
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
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Tillage equipment
- Swather
- Seed drill
- Planting equipment
- Loader
- 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
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Dusty