farm worker, general
Homeplace Ranch Partnership
Nanton, AB, CA
29 $ / heure
Permanent
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 30 hours per week
- Education :
- Expérience :
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Hay farming
- Other grain farming
- Other miscellaneous animal farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Wet / damp
- Livestock
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation provided
- Remote location
Tasks
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Handling animals
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform animal grooming activities
- Perform livestock feeding
- Treat livestock health issues
- Weeding
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Formulate feeding program
- Train horses
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Perform general farm duties
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Equipment and machinery experience
- Tractor
- Farm truck
- Haying equipment
- Skidsteer
- Forklift
- Hand tools
Area of specialization
- Beef cattle
- Horses
Transportation / travel information
Own transportation
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
- Large workload
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
5 years or more
Other benefits
- Learning / training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Parking available
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