General Farm Worker

Posted: May 6, 2021
Full Time

Jean-Charles Landry o/a Landry Farm

Company: Jean-Charles Landry o/a Landry Farm
Business Information: Certified Organic Dairy Farm – Produces organic milk, organic crops and we are in compliance with Eco Cert, the certification body for Organic Producers.
Business Location: 2060 Forgues Rd., Crysler, ON K0A 1R0
Work location: Same as above
Type of Employment: Permanent– Full-time
Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible

Job Description:

• Monitoring animal health
• Plant, cultivate, harvest, cut, rake, bale, wrap, hay, corn sileage, and corn
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate, maintain, and clean farm machinery and equipment.
• Prepare machinery for planting
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Detect disease and health problems in crops and livestock
• Push feed, flush lanes, scrape stalls while bringing in cows to parlor for milking
• Dehorning cows
• Prepare cows in parlor for milking
• Milk cows
• Return cows to stalls or pasture
• Stone and/or wood picking
• Fencing
• Lime stalls
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards, pens and water bowls

Requirements:

-Education: Not required
-Experience is an asset
-Working Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Fast-paced environment, work under pressure, physically demanding, combination of sitting, standing, walking, large workload, repetitive tasks, bending, crouching, kneeling, standing for extended periods of time, walking, handling heavy loads.
-Personal suitability: organized, team player, flexibility
-Work site environment: outdoors, wet/damp, hot, cold, odours.
-Work location information: rural area, remote location

Salary: $15.38 to $17.38 hourly, 40 - 45 hours per week.

Benefits: Disability insurance, accommodation provided free of charge, transportation costs covered if worker needs to relocate.

Important Information: Work schedule will be from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM and from 5:30 PM to 8:30 or 9:30 PM, 6 days a week for milking. The job requires flexibility on schedule. 2-3 days per week there will be daytime work for other general farm work for some hours. 40 hours per week are guaranteed during winter months.

Apply by e-mail to: marylblom@gmail.com

Closes:
marylblom [at] gmail.com