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Farm Equipment Operator

Employer

CVS Controls Ltd.

Date Posted

June 20, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Morinville, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $35.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jul 20, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

CVS Controls Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Hay farming
  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Confined spaces
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Livestock

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Clear fields of wood and stones
  • Direct farm feed inventory activities
  • Handling animals
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Oversee the activities of clearing the fields
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
  • Track and report on current feed inventory
  • Transport cattle to competitions and shows
  • Transport horses to competitions and shows
  • Feed and tend animals
  • 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
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Repair and maintain equipment

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Bulk handling system
  • Feeding and watering system
  • Harvesters
  • Tractor
  • Combine harvester
  • Farm truck
  • Haying equipment
  • Lift truck
  • Loader
  • Tillage equipment
  • Skidsteer
  • Forklift
  • Hand tools

Area of specialization

Horses

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Valid driver's licence

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site amenities
  • Other benefits
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Travel insurance

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Farm Equipment Operator is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

General Farm Workers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment

innovative

Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

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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