livestock labourer

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

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

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Dusty
• Hot
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Dairy
• Livestock
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Weaning
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Milking system (automated)
• Seed drill
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Forage equipment
• Haying equipment
• Loader
• Manure spreader
• Planting equipment
• Tillage equipment
• Skidsteer
• Hand tools

Automated systems experience

• Manure handling and storage

Area of specialization

• Dairy cattle

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Medical exam

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site housing options