farm worker, general

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Grain, oil and forage crop

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
• Treat livestock health issues
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties

Equipment and machinery experience

• Fertilizer applicator
• Harvesters
• Seed drill
• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor
• Combine harvester
• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Planting equipment

Area of specialization

• Beef cattle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Judgement
• Reliability

Experience

• 7 months to less than 1 year

Employment terms options

• Shift
• Morning
• Night
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime required