swine herdsperson
$19.11 per hourFull-time
D & E Pork Inc.
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
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
- Hog and pig farming
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
- Treat livestock health issues
- Feed and tend animals
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
Experience and specialization
Area of specialization
- Swine
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
- Large workload
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
Benefits
Health benefits
- Disability benefits
Vacancy posted 10 hours ago
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