Farm hand – livestock/Wainwright
Job Description
Posted on June 10, 2024 by Employer details McNary Feed Lot Ltd
Job details
- Location Box 3337Wainwright, ABT9W 1T3
- Salary23.00 hourly / 40 hours per week
- Terms of employment Permanent employment Full time
- Day, Evening, Weekend, Morning
- Start date Starts as soon as possible
- Benefits: Financial benefits
- vacancies3 vacancies
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Experience an asset
Work site environment
- Outdoors
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform livestock feeding
- Weaning
- 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
- Perform general farm duties
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Feeding and watering system
- Tractor
- Farm truck
- Lift truck
- Loader
- Forklift
Automated systems experience
- Bulk grain or feed handling – automated
- Automated environmental control equipment
- Manure handling and storage
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
Who can apply to this job?
Only apply to this job if:
- You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary 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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