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Work site environment
- Other grain farming
- Outdoors
- Dangerous
- Odours
- Dusty
- Noisy
Work setting
- Rural area
Tasks
- Cleaning crop
- Deleafing
- Feed inventory
- Grading
- Harvesting seedlings
- Mixing fertilizer
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Shearing with knife
- Soil fertility programs
- Clean work area
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
Type of crops
- Seed corn
- Grains
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Tractor
- Combine harvester
- Fertilizer applicator
- Planting equipment
- Seed drill
- Sprayer or duster
- Swather
- Tillage equipment
- Welding
- Hand tools
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Sound discrimination
- Overtime required
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Quick learner