poultry farm labourer

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

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
• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Other poultry farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Horticultural field crop
• Potato and vegetable
• Poultry and egg production
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Handling animals
• Mixing fertilizer
• Monitoring animal health
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Forage equipment
• Loader
• Manure spreader
• Planting equipment
• Tillage equipment
• Vegetable harvester
• Skidsteer
• Forklift

Additional information

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
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling