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Job Details

Farm Worker, General

Employer

Wilhelm P Schroer

Date Posted

February 14, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Sexsmith, AB
  • Earnings $18.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 35 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 09, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Wilhelm P Schroer

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Other miscellaneous animal farming
  • Outdoors
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Wet/damp
  • Livestock
  • All weather conditions
  • Dirty

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Room and board provided
  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Clean the crops
  • Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Handling animals
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Organize tasks to accomplish the work
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Milk cows
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Perform general farm duties

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Tractor
  • Farm truck
  • Haying equipment
  • Hand tools

Area of specialization

  • Beef cattle
  • Dairy cattle

Transportation/travel information

  • Public transportation is not available
  • Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Large workload
  • Overtime required
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves

Personal suitability

  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Quick learner

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

Will train

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • On-site housing options
  • Parking available

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Support for youths

Offers on-the-job training tailored to youths

Support for Veterans

Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)

Support for mature workers

Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Farm Worker, General is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

General Farm Workers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment

innovative

Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

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.

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