farm labourer - livestock
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma. Asset languages: German.
Work site environment:
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots.
- Livestock combination farming.
- Other grain farming.
- Other miscellaneous animal farming.
- Other miscellaneous crop farming.
- Outdoors.
- Wheat farming.
- At heights.
- Confined spaces.
- Dangerous.
- Dusty.
- Hot.
- Noisy.
- Odours.
- Wet/damp.
- Dairy.
- Grain, oil and forage crop.
- Livestock.
- All weather conditions.
- Dirty.
Work setting:
Rural area. Willing to relocate.
Tasks:
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
- Clear fields of wood and stones.
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses.
- Handling animals.
- Monitor the calving process.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Perform livestock feeding.
- Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly .
- Harvest crops.
- Feed and tend animals.
- 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 quality control and production records.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Perform general farm duties.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Automated manure handling or storage system.
- Feeding and watering system.
- Harvesters.
- Milking system (automated).
- Seed drill.
- Storage and silage system.
- Tractor.
- Combine harvester.
- Farm truck.
- Haying equipment.
- Manure spreader.
- Welding.
- Skidsteer.
- Hand tools.
Automated systems experience:
Manure handling and storage.
Area of specialization:
- Beef cattle.
- Dairy cattle.
Transportation/travel information:
- Own transportation.
- Valid driver's licence.
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.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Sitting.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Excellent oral communication.
- Team player.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Quick learner.
Screening questions:
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- 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:
7 months to less than 1 year.
Employment terms options:
- Flexible hours.
- Day.
- Weekend.
Other benefits:
- On-site housing options.
- Parking available.