Pheasant Farm Worker

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 42 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: Experience an asset
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Other poultry farming
- Outdoors
- In/on water
- Confined spaces
- Wet/damp
- Odours
- Dusty
- Cold/refrigerated
- Tree and orchard fruit
- Poultry and egg production
- Livestock
- Horticultural field crop
**Work setting**:

- Staff accommodation available
- Staff accommodation provided
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Willing to relocate
**Tasks**:

- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Soil fertility programs
- Fertilize and spray 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
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- Perform general farm duties
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
**Supervision**:

- 1 to 2 people
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Farm truck
- Fertilizer applicator
- Loader
- Tillage equipment
- Tractor
- Hand tools
- Forklift
**Product inspection experience**:

- Poultry
**Automated systems experience**:

- Automated irrigation system
- Feeding and watering system
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Public transportation is not available
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Reliability
- Quick learner
**Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
**Financial benefits**:

- Gratuities
**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- On-site amenities
- Team building opportunities