farm equipment operator
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Tasks:
- Diagnose livestock health issues.
- Handling animals.
- Monitor the calving process.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Perform livestock feeding.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Treat livestock health issues.
- Fertilize and spray crops.
- Harvest crops.
- Feed and tend animals.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Vaccinate animals to prevent and treat diseases.
- Ensure safety procedures are followed.
Screening questions:
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
Supports for visible minorities:
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).