- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 to less than 7 months
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site workplace
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Chicken farming
- Goat farming
- Hay farming
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Livestock
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Handling animals
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform livestock feeding
- Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
- Track and report on current feed inventory
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Perform general farm duties
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Additional information
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Judgement
- Reliability