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Farm Equipment Operator

Employer

Reedridge Ventures

Date Posted

June 22, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Ponoka, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jul 13, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Reedridge Ventures

Languages

English

Education

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

Work site environment

  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Corn farming
  • Livestock combination farming
  • Other grain farming
  • Outdoors
  • Wheat farming
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Grain, oil and forage crop
  • All weather conditions

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Remote location
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Seed cutting
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Harvest crops
  • Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
  • Maintain quality control and production records
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Perform minor repairs to equipment
  • Monitor equipment to detect wear and damage
  • Perform routine maintenance work on machinery

Type of crops

Canola

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Harvesters
  • Seed drill
  • Tractor
  • Combine harvester
  • Farm truck
  • Forage equipment
  • Haying equipment
  • Loader
  • Manure spreader
  • Planting equipment
  • Swather
  • Tillage equipment
  • Skidsteer
  • Forklift
  • Hand tools

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Judgement
  • Reliability

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required

Health benefits

Health care plan


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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

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

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