Poultry Farm Labourer

Hendrix Genetics Ltd.

$16.64 hourly for 42.5 to 60 hours per week

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Will train

Work site environment

  • Chicken farming
  • Layer poultry farming
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Handling animals
  • 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

Automated systems experience

  • Feeding and watering system

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Large workload

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Team player

Benefits

Long term benefits

  • Other benefits

To apply for this job email your details to recruit.ontario@hendrix-genetics.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.



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