general farm worker - livestock
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Tasks:
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
- Handling animals.
- Marking livestock as proof of ownership.
- Mixing fertilizer.
- Monitor the calving process.
- Monitoring animal health.
- 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.
- Maintain livestock performance records.
- Maintain quality control and production records.
- Select livestock for sale.
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Cut horticultural crops.
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots.
Area of specialization:
- Agricultural livestock service.
- Agricultural crop service.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Large workload.
Personal suitability:
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
Screening questions:
Do you have experience working in this field?.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Morning.
Experience:
No experience (will train).
Employment terms options:
- Day.
- Overtime required.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees .