- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site workplace
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dairy
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Handling animals
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform livestock feeding
- Treat livestock health issues
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Milk cows
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
Experience and specialization
Area of specialization
- Dairy cattle
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload