Labourer, Farm

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work site environment**:

- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Other grain farming
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Livestock
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- Calving
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Perform general farm duties
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Harvesters
- Seed drill
- Tractor
- Combine harvester
- Farm truck
- Haying equipment
- Loader
- Planting equipment
- Tillage equipment
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
**Screening questions**:

- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?