Contractor - agricultural service

Van Burck Seeds

Star City, SK

Posted 3 days ago

Job Details:

$25.00 - $28.00 / hour
Full-time
Entry Level

Overview
  • Job Duration: Permanent
  • Language of Work: English
  • Hours of Work: 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Experience:
  • Education
  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience
  • Tasks
  • Cut agricultural crops
  • Develop specific plans to prioritize
  • Direct agricultural crops deleafing activities
  • Implement soil fertility programs
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Oversee the activities of clearing the fields
  • Soil fertility programs
  • Weeding
  • Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
  • Maintain quality control and production records
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Assist trucks and delivery drivers to load and unload vehicles
  • Equipment and machinery experience
  • Automated irrigation system
  • Bulk handling system
  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Harvesters
  • Seed drill
  • Sprayer or duster
  • Tractor
  • Forklift
  • Area of specialization
  • Agricultural crop service
  • Security and safety
  • Criminal record check
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Large workload
  • Own tools/equipment
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Personal suitability
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Screening questions
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Employment terms options
  • Shift
  • Experience
  • 2 years to less than 3 years
  • Other benefits
  • Free parking available
  • On-site housing options
  • Support for persons with disabilities
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
  • Support for newcomers and refugees
  • Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  • Support for youths
  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Support for Veterans
  • Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
  • Support for Indigenous people
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
  • Support for mature workers
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Supports for visible minorities
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

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