Poultry Farm Worker

Work site environment

• Chicken farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Other poultry farming
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
• Outdoors
• Sheep farming
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Cold/refrigerated
• All weather conditions
• Dirty
• Farm

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Handling animals
• Level earth to fine grade specifications
• Mixing fertilizer
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Shear the sheep
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Perform general farm duties
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Apply fertilizers
• Clean the crops
• Hand harvesting vegetables
• Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Manual dexterity

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner
• Values and ethics