Job Description
Languages
English
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Direct farm feed inventory activities
- Direct farm grooming activities
- Groom horses in preparation for competitions and shows
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Oversee the activities of clearing the fields
- Treat livestock health issues
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Maintain financial and production records
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
- Maintain work records and logs
- Hire and train staff
- Perform general farm duties
Supervision
Experience and specialization
Specialization or experience
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Area of specialization
- Agricultural livestock service
- Agricultural crop service
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
