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Farm Worker

Employer

Spence Farms Ltd

Date Posted

April 15, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Cremona, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $35.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 80 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 06, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Spence Farms Ltd

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Dry pea and bean farming
  • Hay farming
  • Oilseed (except soybean) farming
  • Outdoors
  • Wheat farming
  • At heights
  • Confined spaces
  • Dangerous
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Wet/damp
  • Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

Rural area

Tasks

  • Handling animals
  • Marking livestock as proof of ownership
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Track and report on current feed inventory
  • Weaning
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Harvest crops
  • 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
  • Write daily basic progress reports

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Air Brake (Z) Endorsement

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Seed drill
  • Sprayer or duster
  • Tractor
  • Combine harvester
  • Farm truck
  • Forage equipment
  • Haying equipment
  • Loader
  • Manure spreader
  • Swather

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Drive manual transmission vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Overtime required
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sound discrimination
  • Sitting
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement

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

5 years or more


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Farm Worker 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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Abilities

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Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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