Grain Farm Labourer

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Skills and Abilities

Work site environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Hay farming
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
- Wet/damp
- Dangerous
- Odours
- Dusty
- Noisy
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
- Various locations
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Cut agricultural crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
Type of crops
- Grains
- Canola
Equipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Loader
- Tractor
- Combine harvester
- Forage equipment
- Haying equipment
- Manure spreader
- Planting equipment
- Seed drill
- Sprayer or duster
- Swather
- Tillage equipment
- Welding
- Skidsteer
- Hand tools
Automated systems experience
- Feeding and watering system
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Gloves
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Quick learner
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Employment terms options
- Evening
- Morning
- Night
- Day