poultry farm worker

Education:

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Work site environment:

• Broiler and other meat-type chicken production.
• Chicken farming.
• Outdoors.
• Dusty.
• Odours.
• Work setting: Rural area.
• Various locations.

Tasks:

• Feed and tend animals.
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.
• Write daily basic progress reports.
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops.

Equipment and machinery experience:

• Egg gathering system.
• Feeding and watering system.

Automated systems experience:

• Bulk grain or feed handling - automated.
• Manure handling and storage.

Transportation/travel information:

• Own transportation.
• Own vehicle.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Fast-paced environment.
• Physically demanding.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Walking.
• Bending, crouching, kneeling.

Personal suitability:

• Organized.
• Team player.
• Flexibility.

Experience:

No experience (will train).

Employment terms options:

• Day.
• Weekend.