Carruthers Farms Ltd is hiring
Dairy Farm Worker with LMIA

Languages

• English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Experience

• Experience an asset

On site

• Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Dangerous
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Tasks

• Handling animals
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform animal grooming activities
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Weaning
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Fertilizer applicator
• Milking system (automated)
• Seed drill
• Sprayer or duster
• Storage and silage system
• Tractor
• Combine harvester
• Farm truck
• Forage equipment
• Haying equipment
• Lift truck
• Loader
• Manure spreader
• Planting equipment
• Swather
• Tillage equipment
• Vegetable harvester

Automated systems experience

• Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
• Automated environmental control equipment
• Manure handling and storage

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement