Livestock driver

Tobermory; Fairlight; On-site; CAD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Adamson Farms Ltd in Fairlight, SK is seeking a self-motivated Livestock driver to join our busy farm operations. The role requires handling animals, diagnosing health issues, feeding, and operating a range of farm equipment; you will work day, evening, weekends, overtime, and flexible hours in a rural setting.

Permanent full-time position with 120–350 hours per month up for negotiation; candidates must be fluent in English, hold a high school diploma, and demonstrate reliability, teamwork, and

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in English.
• High school diploma.
• Experience is an asset.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Organized and flexible in nature.
• Good team player and reliable.
• Able to work long hours in outdoor environments.
• Farm operations include diverse crops and livestock activities.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose livestock health issues.
• Handle animals and perform feeding.
• Track and report feed inventory.
• Treat livestock health issues.
• Fertilize and spray crops as needed.
• Harvest crops and manage related tasks.
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
• Provide general farm duties and crop services.

Skills

English fluency

Oral communication

Team player

Reliability

Quick learner

Independent worker

Organized

Flexible

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Tractors

Harvesters

Seed drills

Sprayers

Haying equipment

Loaders

Manure spreaders

Swathers

Tillage equipment

Skid steers

Job description

Adamson Farms Ltd situated in Fairlight, SK is currently looking for applications for the role of Livestock driver who is a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills. The selected candidate for this position will be expected to start work promptly. The available positions are for Permanent employment or Full time job. The shift times for this position are Day, Evening, Weekend, Overtime, Flexible Hours and Early Morning.

Employer Name: Adamson Farms Ltd
Position: Livestock driver
No. of vacancies: 1
Salary: $25.00 to $38.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 120 to 350 hours per month
Employment type: Permanent employment, Full time
Location: Fairlight, SK

• The candidate will be responsible for diagnosing livestock health issues.
• The candidate must be able to handle animals.
• The candidate must perform livestock feeding.
• The candidate will be responsible for tracking and reporting on the current feed inventory.
• The candidate will be responsible for treating livestock health issues.
• The candidate will be responsible for fertilizing and spraying crops.
• 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 perform general farm duties.

Job Requirements

• The candidate should be fluent in English language.
• The candidate must have a certificate of Secondary (high) school graduation.
• Candidate having experience is an asset.
• The candidate must have excellent oral communication skills.
• The candidate should be organized and flexible in nature.
• The candidate should be a good team player.
• The candidate should be reliable.
• The candidate must be a quick learner.
• Farm operations include beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots, hay farming, livestock combination farming, oilseed (except soybean) farming, other grain farming, wheat farming, grain, oil, and forage crop farming, and livestock farming.
• The candidate will be required to work long hours in an outdoor environment.
• The candidate must be able to work at heights.
• The candidate must be able to work in dusty, wet/damp, and dirty conditions.
• 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 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.
• The candidate must work on farms.

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• The crops are canola.

Equipment and machinery experience

• The candidate must have experience operating seed drills, sprayers or dusters, tractors, combine harvesters, haying equipment, loaders, manure spreaders, swathers, tillage equipment, and skidsteers.

Type of industry experience

• The candidate must have prior experience in the trucking industry.

Area of specialization

• The candidate must be knowledgeable about agricultural livestock services, beef cattle, and welding.

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• The candidate must have the ability to work independently.
• The candidate should be able to work in fast-paced busy environment.
• The candidate should be willing to work under pressure.
• The candidate must finished the work with in the given time line.
• The candidate should be prepared to perform physically demanding tasks as part of their daily work.
• The candidate should be required to perform repetitive tasks on frequent basis.
• The candidate should have an eye for details.
• The candidate should be required to handle heavy loads as part of routine work.
• The candidate must be willing to work long hours in sitting, standing, and walking positions.
• The candidate should be willing to work overtime if necessary.
• The candidate should be willing to work for long hours in sitting positions.
• The candidate must be willing to work in a standing position for extended periods of time.
• 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.