Summer Student

Woodleigh Farms Ltd. is looking for a positive, skilled, and motivated individual for full-time help with a variety of projects and tasks on our farm for the summer months.

We have positions (2) available for post-secondary youth and students from May through August 2024

We have positions (2) available for secondary youth and students from July though August 2024.

Note: You must be a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada. **International students are not eligible and should not apply.**

Woodleigh Farms is an equal opportunity employer and encourage all to apply. Specifically, youth facing barriers are welcomed to work within our organization. These include:

- Indigenous
- Youth living with a disability - including physical, mental health related or learning disability
- Racialized youth (formerly visible minority)
- Recent newcomer to Canada (within 5 years)
- Single parent
- Living in a low-income household
- Early school leaver of high school
- Living in an Official Language Minority Community
- 2SLGBTQQIA+

**Applicants must be between 15 and 30 years of age to apply.**

Begin an exciting chapter where you can learn about the use of renewable resources, waste management, regenerative agriculture, soil health principles in a medium scale farm setting. Your role will include a variety of tasks related to our systems approach to promoting soil health, regenerating the soil, and growing the most sustainable crops possible.

Wage range for these positions is $16.50 to $19.00 per hour based on age, education, and experience related to any number of tasks/assignments available on our farm. There are three areas of focus we are seeking assistance with.

**Waste Management**:

- The processing of raw materials (with on-site machinery as well as physical labour)
- Ongoing maintenance and monitoring of stockpiles of materials (measuring temperatures, turning piles, adding amendments as required)
- Application of finished materials to agricultural lands
- Record keeping related to the organization’s approved Waste Management Site protocols
- Seeking additional opportunities for growth of this program

**Agronomy**:

- Crop rotation planning
- Overseeing the soil sampling and monitoring program (incl. nitrate and tissue sampling)
- Development strategies to improve soil health including the use of cover crops and additional beneficial practices
- Managing a variety of in-field trials and partnerships
- Analysis of technologies to be used in developing efficient and economically sustainable approaches to data collected at the field level
- Analysis of compost extract using laboratory equipment

**General Labour**:

- Lawn, yard, building maintenance
- Assisting with cropping and field activities (equipment operation, harvesting, firewood activities)

**For All Positions**:

- Physical strength and stamina needed to do farm work in any conditions when required
- Experience with safe and efficient operations of various machines and vehicles including tractors, skid-steers, trucks, excavator, dozer, towing trailers
- Ability to safely operate a chainsaw an asset
- Adaptability to changing priorities as factors like weather, unexpected problems or market considerations influence the workflow
- Resourcefulness, decisiveness, and the ability to overcome everyday challenges
- Practice of organization with project management skills. The ability to strategically manage a long list of projects and tasks is highly desirable
- Financial expertise. The ability to prepare budgets and to assess the economic sustainability of a variety of decisions related to this position.

Visit our website and check us out on Social Media for more information about who we are:
Pay: $16.50-$18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 - 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
- Paid time off

Flexible Language Requirement:

- English not required
- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cavan, ON L0A 1C0: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2024-07-01