General Farm Workers – Sunworks Farm

Sunworks Farm in Armena, AB, is seeking 5 General Farm Workers for permanent, full-time positions. Responsibilities include animal care, feeding, monitoring health, and maintaining farm equipment. The role is physically demanding and requires working outdoors in various conditions. Salary is $18.34 hourly for 40-44 hours per week, with benefits including dental and health care plans. No formal education is required, but experience is an asset.
Sunworks Farm near Armena, AB require 5 General Farm Workers to perform the following job duties on their organic farm:

Job details

Farm location: NE 9-48-21-W4/21331 Sec Hwy 616, Armena, AB T0B 0G0

Salary: 18.34 hourly / 40- 44 hours per week

Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time, Shift, Day, Weekend, Overtime may be required

Benefits: Dental plan, Health care plan, Group insurance benefits

Job Requirements

Languages: English

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment: Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots, Broiler and other meat-type chicken production, Chicken farming, Hog and pig farming, Layer poultry farming, Livestock combination farming, Organic farming, Other miscellaneous animal farming, Other poultry farming, Outdoors, Turkey farming, Dusty, Noisy, Odours, Cold/refrigerated, Livestock, Poultry and egg production, Dirty

Work setting, Rural area, Staff accommodation available

Equipment and machinery experience: Tractor, Farm truck

Transportation/travel information: Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently, Work under pressure, Tight deadlines, Physically demanding, Repetitive tasks, Attention to detail, Handling heavy loads, Large workload, Hand-eye co-ordination, Ability to distinguish between colour, Sound discrimination, Standing for extended periods, Walking, Bending, crouching, kneeling

Job Duties

• Handling animals

• Feed and tend animals

• Marking livestock as proof of ownership

• Monitoring animal health

• Treat livestock health issues

• Monitor the calving process

• Perform livestock feeding

• Track and report on current feed inventory

• Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration

• Weaning

• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

• Maintain livestock performance records

• Maintain quality control and production records

• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens

• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas

• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment

• Harvest crops

• Perform general farm duties

Employer name and mailing address: 1927127 Alberta Ltd. o/a Sunworks Farm, 21331 Sec Hwy 616/Box 75, Armena, AB T0B 0G0

Apply by Email: employment@sunworksfarm.com

Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted