Goat Breeder

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 80 hours bi-weekly
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: Will train
**Work site environment**:

- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Chicken farming
- Goat farming
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Sheep farming
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Dairy
- Livestock
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
**Tasks**:

- Calving
- Farm animal grooming
- Feed inventory
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Handling animals
- Harvesting seedlings
- Livestock branding
- Milking goats
- Mixing fertilizer
- Monitoring animal health
- Seed cutting
- Vegetable culling
- Vertical farming system
- Weeding
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
- Manage overall operation of farm
- Organize and co-ordinate planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities; raising and breeding of livestock and poultry
- Purchase machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies
- Determine the amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised
- Establish marketing programs
- Perform general farm duties
- Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Onion seeder
- Onion transplanter
- Automated irrigation system
- Automated manure handling or storage system
- Egg gathering system
- Feeding and watering system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Harvesters
- Milking system (automated)
- Seed drill
- Sprayer or duster
- Storage and silage system
- Tractor
**Area of specialization**:

- Cattle breeding
- Nursery or greenhouse
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Work under pressure
- Overtime required
**Personal suitability**:

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

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
**Green job**:

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

- As per collective agreement