About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Outdoors. Dangerous. Dusty. Noisy. Odours. Dairy. Livestock. All weather conditions. Dirty. Work setting: Rural area. Staff accommodation available. Various locations.
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses.
- Handling animals.
- Marking livestock as proof of ownership.
- Monitor the calving process.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Perform animal grooming activities . Perform livestock feeding.
- Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving.
- Harvest crops.
- Feed and tend animals.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Milk cows.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Automated manure handling or storage system.
- Bulk handling system.
- Feeding and watering system.
- Harvesters.
- Milking system (automated).
- Storage and silage system.
- Tractor.
- Farm truck.
- Loader.
- Manure spreader.
- Skidsteer.
- Hand tools.
- Automated systems experience: Bulk grain or feed handling - automated.
- Manure handling and storage.
- Area of specialization: Dairy cattle.
- Animal husbandry.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Large workload.
- Sound discrimination.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year.
- Employment terms options: Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.