worker, farm - Kinkora, Canada - Postma Bros. Farms Ltd.

Description

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Will train

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Corn farming
• Dry pea and bean farming
• Hay farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Other grain farming
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dairy
• Livestock
• Potato and vegetable
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Cut horticultural crops
• Handling animals
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Perform general farm duties

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm truck

Area of specialization

• Agricultural livestock service
• Agricultural crop service
• Dairy cattle
• Animal husbandry

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner

Screening questions

• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)