dairy herdsperson

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

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

Work site environment

• Other grain farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Dairy
• Grain, oil and forage crop
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Monitoring animal health
• Treat livestock health issues
• Fertilize and spray 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
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Perform general farm duties
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated irrigation system
• Automated manure handling or storage system
• Feeding and watering system
• Fertilizer applicator
• Milking system (automated)
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Loader

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service
• Dairy cattle

Additional information

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Reliability

Benefits

Other benefits

• Parking available