Poultry farm labourer
- Centreville, NS, B0P 1J0, Canada
On-site
$17 to $17.25 CAD / hour · Full-time · Temporary
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Job details
- Pay
- $17 to $17.25 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Full-time · Temporary
- Workplace
- On-site
- Apply by
- Working hours
- 40 to 55 hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Location Centreville, NSB0P 1J0
- Work location On site
- Salary$17.00 to $17.25HOUR hourly (To be negotiated) / 40 to 55 hours per week
- Terms of employment Seasonal employmentFull time
- Early morning, Morning, Day, Evening, Night, Weekend
- Starts as early as 2027-03-15
- vacancies 2 vacancies
- Source Job Bank #3684273
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Experience an asset
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Broiler and other meat-type chicken production
- Chicken farming
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming
- Other poultry farming
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Horticultural field crop
- Potato and vegetable
- Poultry and egg production
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
- Handling animals
- Mixing fertilizer
- Monitoring animal health
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- 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 quality control and production records
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Maintain work records and logs
- 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
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Feeding and watering system
- Tractor
- Farm truck
- Forage equipment
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Planting equipment
- Tillage equipment
- Vegetable harvester
- Skidsteer
- Forklift
Additional information
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
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling