About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Hog and pig farming. Work setting: Rural area. Remote location. Relocation costs not covered by employer. Willing to relocate.
Tasks
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses.
- 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.
- Feed and tend animals.
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Transportation/travel information: Public transportation is not available.
- Own transportation.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Personal suitability: Team player.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Financial benefits: Bonus.