Dairy farm worker

Gleann Farm

$15.00 hourly 35 to 50 hours per week

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Will train

Work site environment

  • Hay farming
  • Other miscellaneous crop farming
  • Outdoors
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Livestock

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Dairy

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Calving
  • Cattle training
  • Handling animals
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Harvest crops
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Milk cows
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Farm truck
  • Tractor

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Valid driver’s licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking

Personal suitability

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

To apply for this job email your details to b.thomson@ns.sympatico.ca

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.
  • If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.



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