- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- 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
- Feed and tend animals
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Select livestock for sale
- Perform general farm duties
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Experience and specialization
Area of specialization
- Agricultural livestock service
- Swine
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced setting
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Quick learner