Terms: This is a permanent, full time job, which requires working days and weekends.

Salary: will be $13.46 per hour for a 60 hour week.

Education: The applicant should have completed high school, some college or technical training.

Experience: at least a full year’s experience.

Type of Farm Operations: Combined mixed farming, Grain, oil and forage crop, Livestock, Dairy

Specific Skills: Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops, Harvest crops, Feed and tend animals, Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment, Milk cows, Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens, Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry, Examine produce for quality and prepare for market

Type of Equipment: Swather, Haying equipment, Forage equipment, Tractor, Farm truck, Tillage equipment, Seed drill, Planting equipment, Loader, Lift truck

Type of Automated Systems Experience: Storage and silage, Milking system, Environmental control equipment

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Fast-paced environment, Work under pressure, Tight deadlines, Repetitive tasks, Handling heavy loads, Physically demanding, Attention to detail, Hand-eye co-ordination, Sound discrimination, Sitting, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Standing for extended periods, Walking, Bending, crouching, kneeling

Transportation/Travel Information: Valid driver’s licence, Drive manual transmission vehicle

Work Location Information: Staff accommodation available, Rural community

Essential Skills: Problem solving, Decision making, Critical thinking, Job task planning and organizing, Continuous learning

Profile: for The Bos Farm and Rock Ridge Dairies

The Bos Farm is a mixed farm. We have dairy goats, beef cows, custom raised Holstein heifers, crop production and value added agriculture.

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Order Number: 4913425

Post date: 2010-03-15