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Farm Foreman/Woman
Employer
Kolk Farms LtdDate Posted
July 26, 2022Languages
English-
Location Iron Springs, AB
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Earnings $20.00 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Aug 25, 2022
Employer
Kolk Farms Ltd
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work Site Environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Hay farming
Work Setting
Rural area
Tasks
- Feed inventory
- Monitoring animal health
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
- Maintain work records and logs
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
Equipment and Machinery Experience
- Automated irrigation system
- Feeding and watering system
- Harvesters
- Tractor
Area of Specialization
- Agricultural livestock service
- Agricultural crop service
- Beef cattle
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
Personal Suitability
- Organized
- Team player
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
Long term benefits
Group insurance benefits
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Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in handling machinery and equipment; and in participating in the provision of services
- METHODICAL
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Interest in co-ordinating and maintaining financial and operational records; and in hiring and training workers
- innovative
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Interest in negotiating with farmers and farm managers regarding services
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
Abilities
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Mental Abilities
General Learning Ability
Verbal Ability
Numerical Ability
Visual Abilities
Spatial Perception
Form Perception
Clerical Perception
Physical Abilities
Motor Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in handling equipment to perform general farm duties; and in maintaining livestock performance records and in training horses
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in co-ordinating information to formulate feeding programs
- directive
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Interest in supervising feeding, health and breeding programs; may supervise general farm workers and harvesting labourers
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
Abilities
Compared to my abilities
The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.