Farm Worker

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
**Work site environment**:

- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Other miscellaneous animal farming
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Hot
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Remote location
**Tasks**:

- Calving
- Cattle training
- Farm animal grooming
- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Livestock branding
- Monitoring animal health
- Reining
- Show horse preparation
- Weaning
- 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
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Farm truck
- Fertilizer applicator
- Forage equipment
- Haying equipment
- Lift truck
- Manure spreader
- Sprayer or duster
- Tillage equipment
- Tractor
**Automated systems experience**:

- Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
- Manure handling and storage
- Feeding and watering system
**Area of specialization**:

- Cattle breeding
**Animal specialization**:

- Thoroughbred horses
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required