About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots. Outdoors. Dusty. Noisy. Odours. Livestock. All weather conditions. Dirty. Work setting: Rural area. Staff accommodation available. Remote location. Various locations.
Tasks
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals.
- Diagnose livestock health issues.
- Handling animals.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Feed and tend animals.
- Formulate feeding program.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years.
- Employment terms options: To be determined.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Health care plan.
- Paramedical services coverage.
- Vision care benefits.
- Financial benefits: Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- On-site housing options.
- Parking available.
- Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.