About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Hay farming. Other grain farming. Outdoors. Dusty. Hot. Noisy. Odours. Wet/damp. Horse breeding. Work setting: Rural area.
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
- Clear fields of wood and stones.
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals.
- Handling animals.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Perform animal grooming activities . Perform livestock feeding.
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops.
- Harvest crops.
- Feed and tend animals.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting.
- Train horses.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings.
- Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry.
- Assist with inoculation and treatment of animals.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Seed drill.
- Tractor.
- Farm truck.
- Haying equipment.
- Loader.
- Planting equipment.
- Skidsteer.
- Hand tools.
- Area of specialization: Agricultural livestock service.
- Horses.
- Animal specialization: Thoroughbred horses.
- Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Large workload.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Sound discrimination.
- Sitting.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots.
- Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Flexibility.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
- Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Government programs: Recognized employer.
- Employment terms options: Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.