Swine Technician

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Hog and pig farming
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
**Tasks**:

- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Processing pig litters
- Weaning
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- 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
**Automated systems experience**:

- Automated environmental control equipment
- Manure handling and storage
- Feeding and watering system
**Security and safety**:

- Bondable
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Willing to travel regularly
- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Dependability
**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?
**Health benefits**:

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

- As per collective agreement
**Long term benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)