goat breeder - Hagersville, Canada - Timco Farm Ltd

Description

• Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
• Langue de travail: Anglais
• Heures de travail: 80 hours bi-weekly
• Education:
• Expérience:

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Chicken farming
• Goat farming
• Hay farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Sheep farming
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Outdoors
• Dairy
• Livestock

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Cultivate on vertical farming system
• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Handling animals
• Harvest seedlings
• Marking livestock as proof of ownership
• Milking goats
• Mixing fertilizer
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform animal grooming activities
• Seed cutting
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Weeding
• Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
• Manage overall operation of farm
• Organize and co-ordinate planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities; raising and breeding of livestock and poultry
• Purchase machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies
• Determine the amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised
• Establish marketing programs
• Perform general farm duties
• Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers

Equipment and machinery experience

• Onion seeder
• Onion transplanter
• Automated irrigation system
• Automated manure handling or storage system
• Egg gathering system
• Feeding and watering system
• Fertilizer applicator
• Harvesters
• Milking system (automated)
• Seed drill
• Sprayer or duster
• Storage and silage system
• Tractor

Area of specialization

• Cattle breeding
• Nursery or greenhouse

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Drive manual transmission vehicle
• Own vehicle
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Work under pressure
• Overtime required

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Team player

Screening questions

• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Are you currently a student?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?
• What is your current field of study?
• What is your current level of study?

Experience

• Will train

Green job

• Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement