About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Outdoors. Dairy. Work setting: Rural area.
Tasks
- Develop specific plans to prioritize.
- Diagnose livestock health issues.
- Handling animals.
- Monitor the calving process.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly . Treat livestock health issues.
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures.
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Maintain livestock performance records.
- Maintain quality control and production records.
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Hire and train staff.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Weekend.