dairy farm worker

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

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
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dairy
• Livestock
• Dirty

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
• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Handling animals
• Monitor the calving process
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Perform livestock feeding
• Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
• Treat livestock health issues
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Perform general farm duties
• Conduct artificial insemination and spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Storage and silage system
• Tractor
• Tillage equipment
• Skidsteer

Automated systems experience

• Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
• Manure handling and storage

Area of specialization

• Agricultural livestock service
• Cattle breeding
• Agricultural crop service
• Dairy cattle
• Animal husbandry

Additional information

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
• Large workload
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

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