General farm worker – livestock

Employer Name: Nahanni Ventures LTD
Position: General farm worker – livestock
No. of vacancies: 2
Salary: $696 to $1,000 weekly (To be negotiated) / 30 to 44 hours per week
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full-time
Location: DL1676b 513 RD, Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0

Nahanni Ventures LTD., located at DL1676b 513 RD, Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0. The company is currently looking for applications for the role of General farm worker – livestock. We are seeking a self-disciplined individual with exceptional interpersonal skills. The chosen applicant will be required to join and begin their duties as soon as possible. The open positions are for Permanent employment or a full-time job. The shift schedule encompasses shift times which include Early morning, Morning, Day, Evening, Weekend, On-call, Flexible hours and Overtime.

Also hiring: Office administrator

Job Description

• The candidate must clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens, and other work areas.
• The candidate will be responsible for diagnosing livestock health issues.
• The candidate must be able to handle animals.
• The candidate will be responsible for milking goats.
• The candidate must monitor animal health.
• The candidate must organize tasks to accomplish the work.
• The candidate must perform animal grooming activities.
• The candidate must perform livestock feeding.
• The candidate must shear the sheep.
• The candidate will be responsible for treating livestock health issues.
• The candidate will be responsible for the weeding.
• The candidate must harvest crops.
• The candidate will be responsible for feeding and tending animals.
• The candidate must operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
• The candidate must provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying, and harvesting.
• The candidate must clean stables, barns, barnyards, and pens.
• The candidate must detect disease and health issues in crops, livestock, and poultry.
• The candidate must perform general farm duties.

Job Requirements

• The candidate should be fluent in the English language.
• The candidate must have a certificate of Secondary (high) school graduation.
• A candidate with experience is an asset.
• The candidate must have excellent oral communication skills.
• The candidate should be organized and flexible.
• The candidate should be reliable.
• The candidate must be a quick learner.

Work site environment

• Farm operations include beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots, goat farming, hay farming, livestock combination farming, other grain farming, other miscellaneous animal farming, other miscellaneous crop farming, sheep farming, horse breeding, and livestock farming.
• The candidate must work in environments that are dusty, hot, wet/damp, and cold/refrigerated.
• 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 staff accommodation that offers live-in accommodation when an employer provides a housing offer to its employees.
• The candidate should be willing to relocate and be ready to move to a new city/different city for a job.
• The candidate must work in rural or isolated settings.

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• The candidate must have experience in operating feeding and watering systems, seed drills, storage and silage systems, tractors, combine harvesters, farm trucks, forage equipment, haying equipment, loaders, planting equipment, swathers, tillage equipment, forklifts, and hand tools.

• The candidate must have the ability to work independently.
• The candidate must perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
• The candidate should have an eye for detail.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in various positions, including those that require sitting, standing, and walking, as well as those that involve physical activity.
• The candidate must be willing to walk for long periods of time.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in bending, crouching, and kneeling positions.

Own tools/equipment

• The candidate must have safety equipment/gear, steel-toed safety boots and gloves.

Benefits

• The candidate should receive free parking; there is no additional charge for parking on the property.
• The candidate should receive learning/training paid by the employer, that paid training programs, such as apprenticeships, private training programs, or even workforce development opportunities, that can help students achieve their goals without giving up their paycheck.
• The candidate will receive on-site housing options as part of the benefits package.

How to Apply

Kindly use the given options to submit your application if you are interested.

By email

brucker@northwestel.net

Note

Please include the following while sending the application

• Cover letter
• Letter of recommendation
• The candidate must clearly state their highest level of completed education and specify the name of the institution where they completed it.