farm worker - livestock

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

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

Work site environment

• Hay farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Outdoors
• At heights
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp

Work setting

• Rural area
• Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Handling animals
• Marking livestock as proof of ownership
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform animal grooming activities
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Weaning
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Train horses
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• 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
• Fertilizer applicator
• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Forage equipment
• Haying equipment
• Lift truck
• Manure spreader
• Tillage equipment

Automated systems experience

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

Area of specialization

• Cattle breeding

Animal specialization

• Thoroughbred horses

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling