Dairy Herdsperson
2 weeks ago
Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
**Work site environment**:
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Dairy
- Livestock
**Work setting**:
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
**Tasks**:
- Calving
- Monitoring animal health
- Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Maintain work records and logs
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
- Feed and tend animals
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Milk cows
- 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
**Equipment and machinery experience**:
- Automated manure handling or storage system
- Feeding and watering system
- Milking system (automated)
- Tractor
- Manure spreader
- Loader
- Farm truck
**Automated systems experience**:
- Manure handling and storage
**Area of specialization**:
- Dairy cattle
**Transportation/travel information**:
- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Overtime required
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Walking
**Personal suitability**:
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
**Screening questions**:
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Health benefits**:
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Other benefits**:
- On-site housing options
