Alexis Renard

Swathing canola

Mechanical maintenance on headers and fronts for harvest

Harvest wheat/canola in a team of 4 header operators

In charge of legume harvest (Faba beans, Lupins and Chickpeas), leading a team of 2 operators for settings, storage management and any issues that could occur during harvest.

In charge of mechanical maintenance and preparation on 4 Bourgault seeders with equalizer seeding bars, and managing seasonal workers to achieve seeders preparation.

Leading a team of 4 seeders operators during night shift, in charge of refilling seeders with seeds and fertilizer, taking care of the good working order of the seeders and doing any mechanical repairs that could occur during the shift.

In charge of rock picking, leading a team of 6.

• Operating Claas 8600 combine harvester in a team of 4 operators to complete wheat, barley and lentils harvest in Saskatchewan
• Completing pre- and post-operation inspections of equipment and performing preventive maintenance as needed.

• Operated a header in a team of 6 for wheat, canola, barley harvest
• In charge of fixing slashers and operating them to cut 6000Ha of stubbles
• Unloading grain in bags from the paddock and deliver it to the shed with trucks
• Cultivating soil prior to seeding
• Operated a Airseeder and led a team of 4 operators during seeding

• Operated a header in a team of 4, for wheat, barley, canola, lupine, chickpeas harvest
• Regular maintenance and repairs on the machinery

• Operating a combine in a team of 5 operators for peas, durum wheat, red and green lentils harvest
• regular maintenance and repairs on the machinery
• Summer spraying, from mixing to applying chemicals, making sure of the good weather conditions and spraying quality

• Day to day tasks on the farm
• In charge of harvesting crops on the farm and for custom work
• Seeding canola/wheat/barley
• Planting corn/sunflower
• Working with livestock, 400 beef calves. Feeding, nutrients supplementation, shearing

• Operated air seeder for wheat seeding during night shifts
• Regular maintenance on the seeder
• Filling up truck with seed and fertilizer from the shed and deliver it to the seeder in the paddock.

• Operated a air seeder for wheat, barley, canola and lupine seeding.
• Regular maintenance on the seeder
• Fertilizer spreading and rock picking

• Operated a camera sprayer for spot spraying (checking weather conditions and quality of spraying)
• Moving grain from silos to shed with trucks
• Cultivating soil prior to seeding

• Cultivating cotton rows to ensure a good growth and irrigation.
• Maintaining tail drains with grader blade
• Checking irrigation systems to ensure their good working order.
• Checking and maintaining water pumps to fill up dams

• Maintained and repaired fences
• Regular maintenance on the machinery
• Operated a Header and led a team of 3 during harvest of wheat, canola, barley.

• Lime spreading, deep ripping, kelly chaining, rock picking and paddocks burning prior to seeding
• Preparing seeder and seeder bar prior seeding to ensure a good efficiency
• Planted crops such as wheat, barley, canola, lupine
• Sprayed grass control herbicide on barley

• Chaser bin operator/Header Operator during harvest in a team of 3
• Harvested crops such as canola, barley, lupins, chickpeas and wheat
• Day to day tasks on the farm such as maintaining equipment, fencing

• Day to day tasks on the farm, from mechanical maintenance to checking crops for diseases, applying fertilizer, cultivating soil, seeding, harvesting
• Working with livestock, 400 beef calves. Feeding, nutrients supplementation, shearing