Dairy Herdsperson

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Livestock combination farming
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Dairy
- Livestock
- Wet/damp
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Remote location
- Staff accommodation available
- Staff accommodation provided
**Tasks**:

- Calving
- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
- Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Feed and tend animals
**Area of specialization**:

- Dairy cattle
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Sitting
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
**Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
**Long term benefits**:

- Life insurance
**Other benefits**:

- On-site housing options