Overview

Languages

English

Education

- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

- Goat farming
- Hay farming
- Other grain farming
- Other miscellaneous animal farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dairy
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Livestock
- All weather conditions
- Dirty

Work setting

- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
- Staff accommodation provided

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Handling animals
- Milk goats by hand or using machines
- Milking goats
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform livestock feeding
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Treat livestock health issues
- 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
- Perform general farm duties




- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

- Feeding and watering system
- Milking system (automated)
- Storage and silage system
- Tractor
- Farm truck
- Haying equipment
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Hand tools

Automated systems experience

- Bulk grain or feed handling - automated

Area of specialization

- Animal husbandry

Additional information

Security and safety

- Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Ability to work independently
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

- Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner

Advantages

Other benefits

- Free parking available
- On-site housing options

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