Farm worker, general

Briarside Addendum Limited, located in Corner Brook, NL A2H 1C5. The company is actively seeking applicants for the role of Farm worker, general. The applicant should be a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will be required to commence work at the earliest opportunity. It will be Permanent employment or a full-time job. The assigned Overtime, Early morning, Morning, Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, On-call and Flexible hours may include shift timings.

Employer Name: Briarside Addendum Limited
Position: Farm worker, general
No. of vacancies: 2
Salary: $19.00 to $27.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full-time
Location: Corner Brook, NL A2H 1C5

Also hiring: Postal Clerk 

Job Description

  • The candidate must clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens, and other work areas.
  • The candidate will be responsible for clearing fields of wood and stone.
  • The candidate must develop specific plans to prioritize.
  • The candidate will be responsible for diagnosing livestock health issues.
  • The candidate will be responsible for disinfecting pens, barns, and poultry houses.
  • The candidate will be responsible for grading vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch a high price in the market.
  • The candidate must be able to handle animals.
  • The candidate must mix the fertilizer.
  • The candidate must monitor animal health.
  • The candidate must organize tasks to complete the work.
  • The candidate must perform livestock feeding.
  • The candidate must plant, cultivate, and irrigate crops.
  • The candidate must track and report on the current feed inventory.
  • The candidate will be responsible for treating livestock health issues.
  • The candidate must harvest crops.
  • The candidate will be responsible for feeding and tending animals.
  • The candidate must assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and biosecurity procedures.
  • The candidate must operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
  • The candidate must provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying, or harvesting.
  • The candidate must select livestock for sale.
  • The candidate must train horses.
  • The candidate must clean stables, barns, barnyards, and pens.
  • The candidate must maintain work records and logs.

Job Requirements

  • The candidate should be fluent in the English language.
  • There are no standard education requirements, such as a bachelor’s degree, a certificate, or a diploma.
  • A candidate with experience is an asset.

Work site environment

  • Farm operations include fruit and vegetable combination farming, goat farming, livestock combination farming, other miscellaneous animal farming, other miscellaneous crop farming, horse breeding, and tree and orchard fruit production.
  • The candidate will be required to work in confined spaces.
  • The candidate must work in a dusty, hot, cold/refrigerated and dirty environment.
  • The work site environment is noisy, and the candidate must be able to work with complete concentration even in such conditions.
  • The candidate must work in an environment with a high concentration of odours.
  • The candidate must work in all weather conditions.

Work setting

  • The candidate should work in a rural area; most people live or work on farms or ranches. Hamlets, villages, towns, and other small settlements are in or surrounded by rural areas.

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

  • The crops are apples.

Equipment and machinery experience

  • The candidate must have experience in operating a fertilizer applicator and a sprayer or duster.

Area of specialization

  • The candidate must be knowledgeable about horses, poultry, and animal husbandry.

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • The candidate must have their own transportation.

Benefits

  • The employer will provide Health and Financial benefits to the selected candidate.
  • Under Health benefits, the selected candidate will receive a Dental plan that covers medical expenses associated with dental treatment and procedures, as well as a Health care plan that covers medical and surgical expenses and Vision care benefits that cover or reduce the cost of eye exams and medical eye care.
  • Under Financial benefits, the selected candidate will receive a Bonus, which is money given to an employee in addition to their salary as a reward for good performance.

How to Apply

To submit your application, please use the given options if you are interested in applying.

By email

mdtinvest@hotmail.com

Note

Please include the following while sending the application

  • Reference number- 0003
  • Cover letter
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