About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. Work site environment: Chicken farming. Hog and pig farming. Layer poultry farming. Dusty. Hot. Noisy. Odours. Work setting: Rural area.
Tasks
- Diagnose livestock health issues.
- Direct farm feed inventory activities . Handling animals.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
- Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration.
- Treat livestock health issues.
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs.
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Formulate feeding program.
- Maintain livestock performance records.
- Maintain quality control and production records.
- Select livestock for sale.
- 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.
- Supervision: 3-4 people.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Automated manure handling or storage system.
- Bulk handling system.
- Egg gathering system.
- Feeding and watering system.
- Tractor.
- Forklift.
- Skidder.
- Farm truck.
- Area of specialization: Poultry.
- Swine.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Large workload.
- Personal suitability: Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Paramedical services coverage.