Farm Hand - Harvesting

Work site environment

• Other grain farming
• Outdoors
• Dangerous
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dusty

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Cleaning crop
• Deleafing
• Feed inventory
• Grading
• Harvesting seedlings
• Mixing fertilizer
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Shearing with knife
• Soil fertility programs
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Clean work area

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Seed corn

Equipment and machinery experience

• Combine harvester
• Farm truck
• Fertilizer applicator
• Planting equipment
• Seed drill
• Sprayer or duster
• Swather
• Tillage equipment
• Tractor
• Hand tools

Area of work experience

• Welding

Product inspection experience

• Grains

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Overtime required
• Manual dexterity
• Large workload

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• Reliability
• Quick learner