farm labourer - livestock

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Asset languages

• German

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Livestock combination farming
• Other grain farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Outdoors
• Wheat farming
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Dangerous
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Dairy
• Grain, oil and forage crop
• Livestock
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Willing to relocate

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
• Handling animals
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Perform general farm duties

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated manure handling or storage system
• Feeding and watering system
• Harvesters
• Milking system (automated)
• Seed drill
• Storage and silage system
• Tractor
• Combine harvester
• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Manure spreader
• Welding
• Skidsteer
• Hand tools

Automated systems experience

• Manure handling and storage

Area of specialization

• Beef cattle
• Dairy cattle

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Quick learner

Benefits

Other benefits

• On-site housing options
• Parking available