Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Other grain farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Dusty
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Livestock
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Soil fertility programs
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
- Maintain work records and logs
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Automated irrigation system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Harvesters
- Seed drill
- Tractor
Area of specialization
- Agricultural crop service
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
Personal suitability
- Team player