farm labourer
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Broiler and other meat-type chicken production.
- Chicken farming.
- Dusty.
- Hot.
- Noisy.
- Odours.
- Wet/damp.
- Horticultural field crop.
- All weather conditions.
- Dirty.
Work setting:
Rural area. Staff accommodation available.
Tasks:
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals.
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses.
- Handling animals.
- Weeding.
- Fertilize and spray crops.
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting.
- 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.
Type of crops:
Ginseng.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Fertilizer applicator.
- Tractor.
- Hand tools.
Transportation/travel information:
Valid driver's licence.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to work independently.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Night.
Experience:
No experience (will train).
Employment terms options:
- Day.
- Weekend.