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Crop Farmer

Employer

Agricultural Employment

Date Posted

May 06, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Picture Butte, AB
  • Earnings $22.00 to $28.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 35 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jun 05, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Agricultural Employment

Languages

English

Education

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

Work site environment

  • Oilseed (except soybean) farming
  • Other grain farming
  • Grain, oil and forage crop
  • Harvest crops

Work setting

  • Remote location
  • Rural area
  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
  • Perform general farm duties

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Automated irrigation system
  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Harvesters
  • Seed drill
  • Tractor
  • Truck

Security and safety

Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

  • Drive manual transmission vehicle
  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Tight deadlines
  • Work under pressure

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Green job

Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Crop Farmer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Farmers and Farm Managers
DIRECTIVE

Interest in supervising and hiring farm workers; and in determining amounts and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised, and in purchasing farm machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies

METHODICAL

Interest in co-ordinating information to plant, cultivate and harvest crops; and in raising and breeding livestock and poultry

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery, equipment and buildings

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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