farm worker, hogs

Overview

Languages

English or French

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.

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Perform livestock feeding
• Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Treat livestock health issues
• Weaning
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Select livestock for sale
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• 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

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Quick learner