old gate farm is hiring
Farm Machinery Custom Operator with LMIA

Languages

• English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

On the road

• Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

• Chicken farming
• Hay farming
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Grain, oil and forage crop
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Various locations

Tasks

• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• 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
• Select livestock for sale
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Equipment and machinery experience

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

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service
• Poultry

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Reliability