Farm Equipment Operator

Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 45 to 60 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work site environment**:

- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Corn farming
- Hay farming
- Outdoors
- Soybean farming
- Wheat farming
- Livestock
- All weather conditions
**Work setting**:

- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- 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
- Perform general farm duties
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
**Type of crops**:

- Seed corn
- Soybeans
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Sprayer or duster
- Storage and silage system
- Tractor
- Combine harvester
- Farm truck
- Haying equipment
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Planting equipment
- Tillage equipment
- Forklift
- Hand tools
**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
- Overtime required
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
**Personal suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Quick learner