farm machinery operator

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Outdoors
• Wheat farming
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Dangerous
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Grain, oil and forage crop
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Direct farm feed inventory activities
• Handling animals
• Perform livestock feeding
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Harvesters
• Tractor
• Combine harvester
• Forage equipment
• Haying equipment
• Tillage equipment

Area of specialization

• Beef cattle

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Quick learner