farm labourer - Drumheller, Canada - Black Stallion Ranches Ltd.

    Black Stallion Ranches Ltd.
    Black Stallion Ranches Ltd. Drumheller, Canada

    2 weeks ago

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    Description
    • Work Term: Permanent
    • Work Language: English
    • Hours: 30 hours per week
    • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
    • Experience: Experience an asset
    • Work site environment

    • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
    • Chicken farming
    • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
    • Hay farming
    • Livestock combination farming
    • Organic farming
    • Other grain farming
    • Other miscellaneous animal farming
    • Other miscellaneous crop farming
    • Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
    • Wheat farming
    • Work setting

    • Staff accommodation available
    • Staff accommodation provided
    • Room and board provided
    • Rural area
    • Remote location
    • Urban area
    • Relocation costs not covered by employer
    • Willing to relocate
    • Tasks

    • Clean the crops
    • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
    • Clear fields of wood and stones
    • Cut horticultural crops
    • Deleafing
    • Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
    • Greenhouse cleaning
    • Hand harvesting vegetables
    • Handling animals
    • Harvest seedlings
    • Mixing fertilizer
    • Monitoring animal health
    • Pick row and orchard crops
    • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
    • Seed cutting
    • Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
    • Soil fertility programs
    • Track and report on current feed inventory
    • Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
    • Weeding
    • Clean work area
    • Fertilize and spray crops
    • Sort and pack fruits and vegetables
    • Harvest crops
    • Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
    • 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
    • Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
    • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
    • Equipment and machinery experience

    • Farm truck
    • Tractor
    • Fertilizer applicator
    • Haying equipment
    • Planting equipment
    • Sprayer or duster
    • Tillage equipment
    • Welding
    • Hand tools
    • Work conditions and physical capabilities

    • Ability to work independently
    • Fast-paced environment
    • Repetitive tasks
    • Work under pressure
    • Handling heavy loads
    • Tight deadlines
    • Physically demanding
    • Manual dexterity
    • Hand-eye co-ordination
    • Ability to distinguish between colours
    • Attention to detail
    • Standing for extended periods
    • Bending, crouching, kneeling
    • Large workload
    • Overtime required
    • Sitting
    • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
    • Walking
    • Own tools/equipment

    • Gloves
    • Steel-toed safety boots
    • Personal suitability

    • Efficient interpersonal skills
    • Flexibility
    • Judgement
    • Organized
    • Reliability
    • Team player
    • Values and ethics
    • Quick learner
    • Screening questions

    • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?