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General labour on large grain farm, including operation and maintenance of farm equipment, machinery, buildings and grounds. SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT MUST DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO WORK WELL WITH OTHERS, AS WELL AS DISPLAYING SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE WITH LARGE-SCALE FARM EQUIPMENT.
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Computer use
Transportation/Travel Information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Public transportation is not available
Specific Skills
- 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
- 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
- Remote location
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Storage and silage
- Environmental control equipment
- Bulk grain or feed handling
Work Site Environment
- Dangerous
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot