Farm labourer

TNT Swine

$17.00 to 25.00 hourly for 40 hours per week

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Will train

Work site environment

  • Hog and pig farming
  • Livestock combination farming
  • Outdoors
  • Wet/damp
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Farm animal grooming
  • Feed inventory
  • Handling animals
  • Livestock branding
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Farm truck
  • Loader
  • Manure spreader
  • Tractor
  • Pressure washers

Automated systems experience

  • Bulk grain or feed handling – automated
  • Manure handling and storage
  • Feeding and watering system

Equipment

  • Small tractors (lawn/snow removal attachments)

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • 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
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required

Personal suitability

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

To apply for this job email your details to victoria@tntswine.com

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.



    Recent Farm Job Listings

      .