About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience. Work site environment: Hog and pig farming. Dusty. Noisy. Odours. Livestock. Dirty. Work setting: Rural area. Staff accommodation available.
Tasks
- Diagnose livestock health issues.
- 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.
- Weaning.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Maintain livestock performance records.
- Maintain quality control and production records.
- Select livestock for sale.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Supervision: 1 to 2 people.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Feeding and watering system.
- Tractor.
- Area of specialization: Agricultural livestock service.
- Swine.
- 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?. Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?. Employment terms options: Early morning. Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years. Employment terms options: Day. Weekend. Health benefits: Dental plan. Disability benefits. Health care plan. Financial benefits: Group insurance benefits. Support for newcomers and refugees: Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.).
Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.). Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) . Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees . Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth. Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth. Support for mature workers: Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination . Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers . Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers . Supports for visible minorities: Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.). Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees.