Excavator operator
Van Huigenbos Farms Ltd. Fort Macleod, Alberta
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- Outdoors
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Various locations
- Interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications to plan methods or sequences of operation
- Operate heavy equipment
- Read blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Measure distance, volume, length and weight
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Complete onboard and other logs
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Prepare accident reports
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Operate hydraulic pumping systems
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Backfilling
- Ditching
- Excavation
- Fine grading and finishing
- Land clearing
- Landscaping
- Rough grading
- Slope grooming
- Sloping and banking
- Snow removal
- Stock piling
- Stripping
- Sub-grade excavating
- Sub-grade rolling
- Trenching
- Agricultural industry
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Flexible hours
- Day
- Weekend
- On the road job
- Other benefits
Salary: $36.00 hourly
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