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We are a grain farm seeking a Class 1A truck driver for harvest.
Duties
Include, but are not limited to operating heavy equipment for
field operations, trucking water, grain and fertilizers, equipment
maintenance and yard maintenance.
Skills and Physical Requirements
Requirements include reading, writing, basic computer skills and
the ability to work with others.
Physically the work can be demanding and can involve bending,
crouching, kneeling, shoveling, heavy lifting and long hours
including weekends.
Essential Skills
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Harvest crops
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Loader
- Farm truck
- Combine
Type of Farm Operations
- Grain, oil and forage crop
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
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Hot