general farm worker - livestock

Full job description
Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
Langue de travail: Anglais
Heures de travail: 60 hours per week
Education:
Expérience:
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
Outdoors
Odours
Wet/damp
Livestock
All weather conditions
Dirty
Work setting
Rural area
Staff accommodation available
Tasks
Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
Clear fields of wood and stones
Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
Develop specific plans to prioritize
Diagnose livestock health issues
Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
Handling animals
Marking livestock as proof of ownership
Monitor the calving process
Monitoring animal health
Organize tasks to accomplish the work
Perform livestock feeding
Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly
Weaning
Weeding
Feed and tend animals
Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
Formulate feeding program
Maintain quality control and production records
Milk cows
Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
Train horses
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
Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
Write daily basic progress reports
Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Ability to work independently
Physically demanding
Repetitive tasks
Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Standing for extended periods
Walking
Bending, crouching, kneeling
Experience
Will train
Employment terms options
Day
 
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