Spence Farms Ltd
$25.00 to $35.00 hourly for 40 to 80 hours per week
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
5 years or more
Work site environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Dry pea and bean farming
- Hay farming
- Oilseed (except soybean) farming
- Outdoors
- Wheat farming
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dangerous
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Calving
- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Livestock branding
- Monitoring animal health
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Weaning
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- 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
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
Experience and specialization
Equipment and Machinery Experience
- Combine harvester
- Farm truck
- Fertilizer applicator
- Forage equipment
- Haying equipment
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Seed drill
- Sprayer or duster
- Swather
- Tractor
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
To apply for this job email your details to spencefarmsltd@gmail.com
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