Poultry Farm Labourer

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Broiler and other meat-type chicken production
- Chicken farming
- Organic farming
- Other grain farming
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
- Odours
- Dusty
- Poultry and egg production
- Livestock
**Work setting**:

- Staff accommodation provided
- Willing to relocate
- Relocation costs covered by employer
**Tasks**:

- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- 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
- Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
**Supervision**:

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

- Farm truck
- Tractor
**Product inspection experience**:

- Poultry
**Automated systems experience**:

- Manure handling and storage
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Energetic
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
**Green job**:

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

- Bonus
**Long term benefits**:

- Other benefits
**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- On-site recreation and activities
- Team building opportunities
- Transportation provided by employer