Farm Worker-Livestock Worker

Job details

• Location: Simcoe, ONN3Y 4K4

• Work location: On site

• Salary: $17.60 hourly / 40 to 50 hours per week

• Terms of employment: Permanent employment/Full time

• Early morning, Evening, Flexible hours, Morning, Day, Weekend

• Starts as soon as possible

• Vacancies: 6 vacancies

Overview

Languages

English

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

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots

• Livestock combination farming

• Outdoors

• Dusty

• Hot

• Noisy

• Odours

• Wet/damp

• Livestock

• All weather conditions

• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas

• Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals

• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses

• Handling animals

• Level earth to fine grade specifications

• Monitoring animal health

• Perform animal grooming activities

• Perform livestock feeding

• Treat livestock health issues

• Weeding

• Feed and tend animals

• 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 livestock performance records

• Maintain quality control and production records

• 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

• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Additional information

Personal suitability

• Team player

• Flexibility

• Reliability

Who can apply for this job?

You can apply if you are:

• a Canadian citizen

• a permanent resident of Canada

• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.

How to apply

Direct Apply

By Direct Apply

Additional ways to apply

By mail

966 Concession 6, Woodhouse Ro suite VG Meats SIMCOE, ON N3Y 4K4

What you must include in your application:

• Answers to the following screening questions:

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?

  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?

  • Are you currently a student?