Contractor – agricultural service
Lamb Farms LTD
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
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
- Dry pea and bean farming
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Oilseed (except soybean) farming
- Other grain farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Wheat farming
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Livestock
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for crop growth and development
- Cut agricultural crops
- Develop specific plans to prioritize
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Direct farm feed inventory activities
- Handling animals
- Implement soil fertility programs
- Monitor the calving process
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Maintain work records and logs
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Overtime required
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Team player
Benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site amenities
- Other benefits
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for Veterans
- Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
Support for Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees