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Earnings $20.00 to $24.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
Work Hours 42.5 hours per week
Position Permanent Full Time
Job Requirements
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Hog and pig farming
- Dusty
- Odours
- Livestock
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
Tasks
- 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
Supervision
1 to 2 people
Equipment and machinery experience
- Feeding and watering system
- Tractor
Area of specialization
- Agricultural livestock service
- Swine
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Employment terms options
Early morning
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Day
- Disability benefits
- Group insurance perks
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example:
facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers
OBJECTIVE
Interest in handling machinery and equipment; and in participating in the provision of services
METHODICAL
Interest in co-ordinating and maintaining financial and operational records; and in hiring and training workers
innovative
Interest in negotiating with farmers and farm managers regarding services
The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.
Typical ability expectations for this job
Are you interested in grains and their role in the food industry? Can you supervise people and organize systems? Are you a good negotiator? Then you may want to prepare the ground for a career as a seed and conditioning plant manager.
Does the thought of raising animals appeal to you? Do you like working in barns or outdoors? Are you physically fit? Then you may want to bring home the bacon as a swine technician.
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