grain farm labourer
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work site environment:
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots.
- Hay farming.
- Outdoors.
- Wheat farming.
- Wet/damp.
- Dangerous.
- Odours.
- Dusty.
- Noisy.
- All weather conditions.
- Dirty.
Work setting:
Rural area. Various locations. Willing to relocate.
Tasks:
- Cut agricultural crops.
- Harvest crops.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
Type of crops:
- Grains.
- Canola.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Farm truck.
- Loader.
- Tractor.
- Combine harvester.
- Forage equipment.
- Haying equipment.
- Manure spreader.
- Planting equipment.
- Seed drill.
- Sprayer or duster.
- Swather.
- Tillage equipment.
- Welding.
- Skidsteer.
- Hand tools.
Automated systems experience:
Feeding and watering system.
Transportation/travel information:
- Valid driver's licence.
- Own transportation.
- Public transportation is not available.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Work under pressure.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Attention to detail.
- Large workload.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Walking.
Weight handling:
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Own tools/equipment:
- Gloves.
- Steel-toed safety boots.
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Quick learner.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Experience:
1 to less than 7 months.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Day.