general 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

• Horse breeding
• Livestock

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Perform animal grooming activities
• Perform livestock feeding
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Weaning
• Feed and tend animals
• Negotiate with clients for provision of services
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• 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
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Parking available