Farm Worker

Employer

Sunworks Farm

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Broiler and other meat-type chicken production
• Chicken farming
• Hog and pig farming
• Layer poultry farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Organic farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Other poultry farming
• Outdoors
• Turkey farming
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours
• Cold/refrigerated
• Livestock
• Poultry and egg production
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Handling animals
• Marking livestock as proof of ownership
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Treat livestock health issues
• Weaning
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Perform general farm duties
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor
• Farm truck

Transportation/travel information

Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Government programs

Recognized employer

Employment terms options

Shift

Experience

Experience an asset

Employment terms options

• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime required

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits