ranch worker

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Broiler and other meat-type chicken production
• Chicken farming
• Hay farming
• Hog and pig farming
• Hog management
• Layer poultry farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Organic farming
• Outdoors
• Sheep farming
• Poultry and egg production
• Livestock

Work setting

• Staff accommodation available
• Rural area
• Remote location
• Willing to relocate
• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Calving
• Handling animals
• Livestock branding
• Monitoring animal health
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Processing pig litters
• Stone and/or wood picking
• Weaning
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Loader
• Tractor
• Hand tools

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Overtime required
• Large workload

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities
• On-site housing options
• On-site recreation and activities
• Parking available