Details

Business: Monette Farms BC Ltd.
Address: Various Locations
Website: jobbank.gc.ca

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Description

Position: Ranch Hand

Fulltime

Wage: $19.00 per hour

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On the road

 Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Handling animals
• Marking livestock as proof of ownership
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Repair and repaint wooden fixtures
• Operate chainsaw to fell, delimb and buck trees
• Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor

Area of specialization

• Beef cattle
• Horses
• Animal husbandry
• Fences

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Physically demanding

Personal suitability

• Team player