- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience : Will train
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet / damp
- Cold / refrigerated
- Horse breeding
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Work setting
Rural area
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Develop specific plans to prioritize
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Groom horses in preparation for competitions and shows
- Handling animals
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Perform animal grooming activities
- Perform livestock feeding
- Feed and tend animals
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Train horses
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Maintain work records and logs
- 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
- Forklift
- Hand tools
Area of specialization
Horses
Transportation / travel information
Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Support for newcomers and refugees
Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
Support for Indigenous people
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
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