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farm equipment operator
from 52 000 $
Meyer Farms LtdAlberta
About this job
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Corn farming
- Other grain farming
- Outdoors
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Wet/damp
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Potato and vegetable
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
- Remote location
- Various locations
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Cut agricultural seed according to farm standards
- Harvest seedlings
- Implement soil fertility programs
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Seed cutting
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Seed corn
- Potatoes
Equipment and machinery experience
- Automated irrigation system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Harvesters
- Tractor
- Vegetable or fruit harvester
- Combine harvester
- Farm truck
- Forage equipment
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Swather
- Tillage equipment
- Skidsteer
- Forklift
- Hand tools
Additional information
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
- Large workload
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sitting
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Market insight
23% below median67 344 $
55 720 $73 511 $
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