farm worker, general

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Broiler and other meat-type chicken production
• Chicken farming
• Corn farming
• Hog and pig farming
• Hog management
• Oilseed (except soybean) farming
• Organic farming
• Other grain farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Wheat farming
• At heights
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Grain, oil and forage crop
• Livestock
• Poultry and egg production
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Perform livestock feeding
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Treat livestock health issues
• Weeding
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Maintain financial and production records
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Seed corn
• Soybeans

Equipment and machinery experience

• Bulk handling system
• Feeding and watering system
• Seed drill
• Storage and silage system
• Tractor
• Combine harvester
• Farm truck
• Loader
• Manure spreader
• Planting equipment
• Tillage equipment
• Skidsteer
• Forklift
• Hand tools

Automated systems experience

• Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
• Automated environmental control equipment
• Manure handling and storage

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service
• Poultry
• Animal husbandry

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Gasoline paid

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Transportation provided by employer

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

Employment groups - Help

Membership in a group is not a job requirement. All interested applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

This employer is committed to providing all job applicants with equal employment opportunities, and promoting inclusion. If you self-identify as a member of any employment group, you are encouraged to indicate it in your application.

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