poultry farm worker

Overview

Languages

English or French

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

No experience (will train)

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Broiler and other meat-type chicken production
• Chicken farming
• Layer poultry farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Odours
• Poultry and egg production

Work setting

• Rural area
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Feed and tend animals
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Egg gathering system
• Feeding and watering system

Automated systems experience

• Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
• Manure handling and storage

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility