Farm Worker, General

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Hay farming
• Other grain farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Wheat farming
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Wet/damp
• Livestock
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation provided
• Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Cattle training
• Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Handling animals
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform animal grooming activities
• Perform livestock feeding
• Treat livestock health issues
• Weeding
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
• Train horses
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Skidsteer
• Forklift
• Hand tools

Area of specialization

• Beef cattle
• Horses

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner

Benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site housing options
• Parking available