General Farm Worker

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work site environment**:

- Other miscellaneous animal farming
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- Grading
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- 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
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- Perform general farm duties
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Farm truck
- Tractor
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
- Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week