Farm Equipment Operator

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Hay farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Other grain farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Wheat farming
• Noisy
• Dusty
• Livestock

Work setting

• Staff accommodation available
• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Calving
• Cattle training
• Cleaning crop
• Feed inventory
• Livestock branding
• Monitoring animal health
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Stone and/or wood picking
• Weaning
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
• Perform general farm duties
• Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Combine harvester
• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Loader
• Manure spreader
• Planting equipment
• Seed drill
• Swather
• Tillage equipment
• Tractor
• Hand tools

Automated systems experience

• Feeding and watering system

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Team player
• Excellent oral communication
• Reliability
• Quick learner

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus

Other benefits

• On-site amenities
• On-site housing options
• Transportation provided by employer