General Farm Worker - Livestock

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Hay farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Cold/refrigerated
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Handling animals
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Perform general farm duties

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Manure spreader
• Hand tools

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is not available

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
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Overtime required
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

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