Swine Technician

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
**Work site environment**:

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

- Staff accommodation available
- Rural area
- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Processing pig litters
- Weaning
- Feed and tend animals
- 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
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Tractor
**Automated systems experience**:

- Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
- Automated environmental control equipment
- Manure handling and storage
- Feeding and watering system
- Storage and silage system
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
**Personal suitability**:

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

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

- Group insurance benefits
- Pension plan
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week