Overview

Languages

English

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.

Work site setting

- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Goat farming
- Hog and pig farming
- Layer poultry farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Other miscellaneous animal farming
- Other poultry farming
- Outdoors
- Sheep farming
- Confined spaces
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Livestock
- Poultry and egg production
- All weather conditions
- Dirty

Work setting

- Rural area
- Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Perform animal grooming activities
- Perform livestock feeding
- Shear the sheep
- Weaning
- Feed and tend animals
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Maintain financial and production records
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Clean stables,



barns, barnyards and pens
- Perform general farm duties
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

- Automated manure handling or storage system
- Egg gathering system
- Feeding and watering system
- Hand tools

Automated systems experience

- Manure handling and storage

Additional information

Security and safety

- Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

- Own transportation

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
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

- Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability

📌 livestock labourer (Calmar)
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📍 Calmar