Agriculture Research Field Assistant

Kelly Services has an Exciting Opportunity as an Agriculture Field Research Assistant, in Caledon, ON.

The Research Assistant will work as an integral part of a team out of Georgetown, ON that is committed to developing high yielding, disease resistant canola varieties. Within this position you will gain training and experience in controlled greenhouse and/or field projects by participating in activities that that will help you to develop valuable insights with different aspects of plant breeding and the seed business. Successful candidate should be a fast learner with a high aptitude for precision and accuracy. These positions will run 4-8 months in duration, starting March 2024.

Position Overview

• Seed package filling
• Applying seed treatment
• Field preparation, seeding, plot maintenance
• Placing row markers in field and removing discard plants
• Cage constructions and Field preparations
• Collecting leaf tissue in Greenhouse and/or Field
• Assisting with note collection
• Harvesting Greenhouse and/or Field plants
• Threshing (extracting seeds from pods)
• Grain Cleaning
• Greenhouse and/or field planting
• Plant care (staking, tying back, tidying up dropped leaves)
• Labelling, weighing and organization of seed packages (inventory)
• Crossing – CMS and Emasculating (possibly)
• Assist with Bee incubation and release (possibly)
• Limited driving of a company vehicle (possibly)

Pay: $20.00/HR
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8 am - 4pm

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $20.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Do you have a valid driver's license?
• Do you have relibale transportation to site?

Education:

• Secondary School (preferred)

Work Location: In person