- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform livestock feeding
- Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
- Weaning
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Select livestock for sale
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Feeding and watering system
- Tractor
Area of specialization
- Agricultural livestock service
- Swine
Additional information
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Productive interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan