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General Farm Worker - Livestock

Employer

Mountain View Poultry

Date Posted

September 16, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Cochrane, AB
  • Earnings $24.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Oct 16, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Mountain View Poultry

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

Chicken farming

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer

Tasks

  • Diagnose livestock health issues
  • Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Handling animals
  • Organize tasks to accomplish the work
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • Track and report on current feed inventory
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Loader
  • Skidsteer

Automated systems experience

Bulk grain or feed handling - automated

Area of specialization

Poultry

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

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

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The General Farm Worker - Livestock 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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