farm labourer
Found in: Talent CA 2 C2 - 1 week ago
Drumheller, Canada
Black Stallion Ranches Ltd.
Full time
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an assetWork site environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Chicken farming
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Organic farming
- Other grain farming
- Other miscellaneous animal farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
- Wheat farmingWork setting
- Staff accommodation available
- Staff accommodation provided
- Room and board provided
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Urban area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocateTasks
- Clean the crops
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Cut horticultural crops
- Deleafing
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Hand harvesting vegetables
- Handling animals
- Harvest seedlings
- Mixing fertilizer
- Monitoring animal health
- Pick row and orchard crops
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Seed cutting
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
- Soil fertility programs
- Track and report on current feed inventory
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Clean work area
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Sort and pack fruits and vegetables
- Harvest crops
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
- 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
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coopsEquipment and machinery experience
- Farm truck
- Tractor
- Fertilizer applicator
- Haying equipment
- Planting equipment
- Sprayer or duster
- Tillage equipment
- Welding
- Hand toolsWork conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- WalkingOwn tools/equipment
- Gloves
- Steel-toed safety bootsPersonal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Quick learnerScreening questions
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
