Swine Technician

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
- Education:

- Expérience:
**Education**:

- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Hog and pig farming
- Hog management
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Livestock
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
**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
- Feed and tend animals
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Perform general farm duties
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- First Aid Certificate
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Automated manure handling or storage system
- Feeding and watering system
**Automated systems experience**:

- Manure handling and storage
**Area of specialization**:

- Swine
- Animal husbandry
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is your current field of study?
**Experience**:

- 1 year to less than 2 years
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
**Financial benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Pension plan
**Other benefits**:

- Other benefits