dairy herdsperson

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

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

• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dairy

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Direct farm feed inventory activities
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Treat livestock health issues
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Milk cows
• Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Disability benefits