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Lethbridge College’s Agricultural & Heavy Equipment Technician Certificate Program
Do you enjoy working with machines and equipment? This practical one-year (32-week) Agricultural and Heavy Equipment Technician Certificate program will give you the foundation you need to build a successful career in agricultural and/or heavy-duty diesel equipment repair.
Sod Farm Equipment Operator / Truck Driver
Working under the Sod Farm Manager the equipment operator plants and harvests the sod crop at the direction of the estimator using heavy equipment such as a bobcat or skid steer loader.
Sod Farm Worker
Workers perform a variety of routine chores under the direction of the turf farm manager or supervisor, including: rock picking, irrigation, fence line boundary preparation, installing base mesh, seeding, fertilizing and harvesting.
Mushroom Harvester and Grader (General Labourer)
General labourer position would require loading product onto trucks, general equipment safety, maintenance and operation. May require compost turning, boiler operators ticket may be required and general maintenance duties. Harvesting mushrooms by hand and sorted into grades by size and quality.
General Farm Worker (Laying Operation / Hatchery)
Daily routines include feeding, watering, daily collection of hatching eggs and the overseeing of the breeding flock. Workers monitor feed inventory, maintain standards of efficiency and bio-security, maintain and update flock records and statistics, implement health programs, and are familiar with WHIMIS regulations.
Reproduction / Foaling Labourer
Worker will perform general duties related to horse breeding, handling, grooming, hoof care, including collecting stallions. Understand mare cycles and perform insemination. Assisting with foaling, understand when to call for assistance. Operation of farm equipment (bobcat, tractor etc.) where necessary for cleaning and feeding.
General Labourer
his position, depending on farm and length of time, may include a variety of general chores such as: clean-up of calf barns, raking freestalls, general yard clean-up, weed control, haying, forage harvesting, rock picking, building and barn maintenance, painting, basic carpentry, and field work (tractor). These jobs may lead to other full-time positions on the farm or ranch depending on the willingness to work and attitude.
Farrow to Finish Production Technician
Regular maintenance of routine clean-up, waste handling, feeding, watering, moving swine, weaning, monitoring weight gains. Swine Health, i.e., performing routine health inspections and recognizing signs of disorder, handling and possibly administering medications and vaccines, recognizing related farrowing problems and providing assistance.
Mechanical and Electrical Technician
Major duties include the maintenance of all greenhouse equipment, maintaining and storing adequate supplies of all general and maintenance materials, receiving deliveries, maintaining buildings, roads and yard, loading and driving of produce when required, investigating, planning and implementation of new equipment. Employment is usually full-time, year round.
Grain Field Crop Technician & General Labourer
Many “technician” positions require both operation, routine service, and maintenance of all farm equipment. Duties include operation and routine service of seeding equipment, the handling and storage of liquid and dry fertilizers, operation of swather in fields and on roads, operation of moisture testing equipment and combine, identification of signs of weed infestations and the practice of techniques to minimize introduction and spread of weeds.
Fieldworker, Equipment Operator
The main duties include: operating farm machinery; planting, cultivating, fertilizing, weeding, irrigating, spraying and harvesting crops; repairing and maintaining farm machinery, equipment and buildings; and, preparing produce for market. Depending on the commodity or crop, work may start in April and continue until the end of October.
Milker (Dairy)
Duties include: milking herd, equipment sanitation, cleaning of milking parlour, feeding under direction of Herdsperson or Owner, care of young stock, barn cleaning (tractor), heat detection, record keeping, disorder identification, machine operation. If the position is exclusively milking work is often divided into a morning and evening shift. The Milker’s day may average between 5 and 10 hours a day depending on herd size, ability and farm.
Farm Equipment Mechanic
Working safely and demonstrate care of farm equipment, safety devices and features. Perform and communicate a practical understanding of farm truck road and travel regulations, and communicate to other employees. Routine servicing (trouble shoot), repair and daily maintenance and operation all equipment, which may include: augers, conveyors, feed mixing equipment, silage blowers, silo unloading equipment and so on.
Equipment Operator
General farm chores include: scraping barns, providing bedding to free stalls and calf pens, daily safety inspection of equipment. Field work includes preparation for seeding, manure spreading and/or fertilizing, harvest work (i.e. forage, haying), driving forage (1 ton and over) truck. May require regular maintenance of equipment and barns, milking equipment, dairy yard, field and equipment maintenance.
Irrigator (Seasonal)
Irrigators change hand and wheel irrigation lines several times a day depending on the acreage of the ranch operation. Irrigator is required to either drive or ride a motorcycle to change irrigation lines. Help with haying when necessary, equipment operation for harvest may be required. Irrigator position may include a variety of other chores such as barn cleaning, pen cleaning, assistance with moving cattle, assistance in changing irrigation lines, weed control, yard clean up, land clearing, haying, rock picking and fence repair.
Ranch Hand – Cowgirl or Cowboy
Working under the direction of a Ranch Foreman or Ranch Owner, main duties include: feeding and tending livestock, operation and maintenance of farm machinery, cleaning barns and pens, branding, and dehorning, fenceline (repair) and rangeland patrol either on motorcycle, horse, or truck, planting, irrigating and harvesting crops.
Plant Manager
Whether it’s a 2,000 employee packing plant or five person custom cutting operation, every company needs a Plant Manager. He or she is responsible for leading, monitoring, directing and coordinating activities to ensure optimum efficiency and economy of operations. Position responsibilities vary from operation to operation depending on size and the way the company is managed. Plant manager is the key individual to ensure all systems and processed work for the safe and efficient operation of the organization.
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