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Job Details

Farm Worker, General

Employer

Homeplace Ranch Partnership

Date Posted

April 28, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Nanton, AB
  • Earnings $29.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jun 06, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Homeplace Ranch Partnership

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Hay farming
  • Other grain farming
  • Other miscellaneous animal farming
  • Other miscellaneous crop farming
  • Outdoors
  • Wheat farming
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Wet/damp
  • Livestock
  • All weather conditions
  • Dirty

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation provided
  • Remote location

Tasks

  • Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
  • Diagnose livestock health issues
  • Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Handling animals
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Perform animal grooming activities
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • Treat livestock health issues
  • Weeding
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
  • Formulate feeding program
  • Train horses
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Tractor
  • Farm truck
  • Haying equipment
  • Skidsteer
  • Forklift
  • Hand tools

Area of specialization

  • Beef cattle
  • 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
  • Sitting
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Quick learner

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • 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?

Experience

5 years or more

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site housing options
  • Parking available

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Farm Worker, General is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

General Farm Workers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment

innovative

Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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