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This mixed property is ideally located and is a great opportunity for someone with an MC Licence and experience in farm machinery operations, particularly SP Spraying. Close to beautiful beaches, National Parks and idyllic coastal communities, this role offers that perfect work life balance that the beautiful Albany and Bremer Bay area has to offer. Our client has a permanent full-time position for a Farm Machinery Operator to join their team on 1 February 2023.
Accommodation will be available mid January 2023 so you will have a couple of weeks to settle in to your new home, familiarise yourself with the local community including local schools (if required) be ready to start work.
Farm Operations
- Cropping: 3,000Ha cropping program
- Stock: 300 cattle and 1,000 sheep
- Trucks: Scania R620 and Freightliner
- GPS/Auto Steer: Trimble and Agleader
- Machinery includes: Challenger MT865, New Holland T8030 and T6.165, Volvo Loader L60E, Multistream (seeder), Bourgalt (seeder), Nitro 5333, New Holland CR10.90 and CR8090 headers
- SP sprayer operations
- Seasonal Road Train operations
- Cropping operations
- Other duties required with day to day running of the property
- MC Truck Licence (grain carting experience)
- Road Train experience
- SP sprayer experience
- ChemCert is desirable but training and certification will be undertaken by staff in 2023
- Machine operation experience
- General farming knowledge
- Attention to detail
- Able to work well within a team with an honest and easy-going personality
- Self-starter with a positive attitude
- Friendly and welcoming atmosphere
- Salary and package to be negotiated and dependent on experience
- 40 hour week Mon to Fri (will increase during seeding and harvest seasons)
- 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom newly renovated family home available for single, couple or family accommodation
- Work ute
- School bus route (goes past driveway)
- Approximately 20km from Wellstead
- 100km from Albany (secondary school in Albany or Mt Barker)
