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FARM EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

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Job Order #: 5509283

NOC: 8431
Employer Name:
Thunder Ridge Farms Ltd.
Wage/Salary Info:
$18 per hour
Posted Date:
09-Jun-2016
Location:
LEASK
 
# of Positions:
5
Employment Terms:
Full Time
Length of Employment:
Permanent
Experience:
No Experience
Apply By:
07-Jul-2016
How to Apply?:
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Employer Name:
Thunder Ridge Farms Ltd.
Employer Address:
 
PO BOX 100
LEASK,SK
CANADA
S0J 1M0
Contact Name:
Brad Toth
Contact Phone:
(306) 466-2269
Contact Fax:
(306) 466-2301
Contact Email:
thunderridgefarms@sasktel.net
Employer Website:
thunderridgefarms.net


Description

Thunder Ridge Farms Partnership, a large, modern grain farm in Northern Saskatchewan (Parcel J Plan 89 PA00963 Highway 40, Leask S0J 1M0), is looking for 5 Farm Equipment Operators to perform the following duties:  1) operate and maintain sprayer, tractors and other modern farm equipment; 2) plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray and harvest crops; 3) check, clean, adjust, repair and lubricate farm machinery and inform supervisor of machinery malfunction.

Requirements:  1) Basic farm knowledge; 2)English proficiency is mandatory; 3) Excellent written and oral communication skills; 4) Mechanically-inclined; 5) Physically fit and self-starter; 6) Can work independently with minimal supervision, and a team-player; 7) When necessary, willing to work long hours; 8) Valid driver's license is mandatory (with clean driver's abstract); 9) Class 1A driver's license is an asset; 10) Previous experience with modern farm equipment is an asset.

Employment details: Job is full-time and permanent; wage at $18 per hour at average 40 hours per week.  Start date - immediately.

 

Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills
 - Reading text
 - Writing
 - Oral communication
 - Working with others
 - Problem solving
 - Critical thinking
 - Job task planning and organizing
 - Finding information
 - Continuous learning
 - Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
 - Own transportation
 - Valid driver's licence
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
 - Farm truck
 - Fertilizer equipment
 - Crop sprayer or duster
 - Combine
Type of Farm Operations
 - Grain, oil and forage crop
Work Location Information
 - Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
 - Fast-paced environment
 - Work under pressure
 - Tight deadlines
 - Repetitive tasks
 - Handling heavy loads
 - Hand-eye co-ordination
 - Combination of sitting, standing, walking
 - Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
 - Outdoors
 - Dusty

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