Farm Worker, Poultry

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

- Layer poultry farming
- Other poultry farming
- Outdoors
- Odours
- Dusty
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- 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
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Farm truck
**Automated systems experience**:

- Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
- Automated environmental control equipment
- Manure handling and storage
- Egg gathering system
- Feeding and watering system
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
**Personal suitability**:

- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
**Other benefits**:

- On-site housing options
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 70 hours per week