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Grain Farm Worker
Employer
Richard ZeskoDate Posted
March 04, 2023Languages
English-
Location Rycroft, AB
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Earnings $17.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Apr 03, 2023
Employer
Richard Zesko
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Hay farming
- Oilseed (except soybean) farming
- Other grain farming
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
Work setting
- Staff accommodation available
- Rural area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
Tasks
- Calving
- Handling animals
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Supervision
Heavy duty equipment mechanics
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- First Aid Certificate
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
Equipment and machinery experience
- Combine harvester
- Fertilizer applicator
- Haying equipment
- Loader
- Seed drill
- Sprayer or duster
- Swather
- Tillage equipment
- Tractor
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Screening questions
- 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?
Experience
Experience an asset
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Gratuities
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site amenities
- On-site housing options
- Team building opportunities
- Variable or compressed work week
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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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
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Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment
- innovative
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Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
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