Carruthers Farms Ltd
Kensington, PE
Posted 30+ days ago
Expires Soon!
Job Details:
$17.00 / hour
Full-time
Entry Level
Overview
- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 35 to 50 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience: Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Cold/refrigerated Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available Tasks
- Handling animals
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform animal grooming activities
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Track and report on current feed inventory
- Weaning
- Fertilize and spray crops
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Milk cows
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Maintain work records and logs
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops Equipment and machinery experience
- Feeding and watering system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Milking system (automated)
- Seed drill
- Sprayer or duster
- Storage and silage system
- Tractor
- Combine harvester
- Farm truck
- Forage equipment
- Haying equipment
- Lift truck
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Planting equipment
- Swather
- Tillage equipment
- Vegetable harvester Automated systems experience
- Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
- Automated environmental control equipment
- Manure handling and storage Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- 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?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field? Employment terms options
- Early morning Government programs
- Recognized employer Employment terms options
- Evening
- Shift
- Morning
- Night
- On call Experience
- Experience an asset Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
- Overtime available Support for newcomers and refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience Support for youths
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth Support for Veterans
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans Support for Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
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