farm worker
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 to 80 hours per week
- Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience : 5 years or more
Work site environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Dry pea and bean farming
- Hay farming
- Oilseed (except soybean) farming
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet / damp
- Cold / refrigerated
Work setting
Rural area
Tasks
- Handling animals
- Marking livestock as proof of ownership
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Track and report on current feed inventory
- Weaning
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Write daily basic progress reports
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
Equipment and machinery experience
- Fertilizer applicator
- Seed drill
- Sprayer or duster
- Tractor
- Combine harvester
- Farm truck
- Forage equipment
- Haying equipment
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Swather
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation / travel information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Overtime required
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
Screening questions
- 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?
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