Dairy Farm Worker

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 65 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
**Work site environment**:

- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Corn farming
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Noisy
- Dusty
**Work setting**:

- Staff accommodation available
- Rural area
- Farm
**Tasks**:

- Calving
- Farm animal grooming
- Handling animals
- Milking goats
- Monitoring animal health
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Milk cows
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Perform general farm duties
- Clean and maintain equipment
**Type of crops**:

- Seed corn
- Sweet corn
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Haying equipment
- Lift truck
- Loader
- Sprayer or duster
- Tractor
- Vegetable harvester
**Automated systems experience**:

- Automated irrigation system
- Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
- Milking system (automated)
- Automated environmental control equipment
- Storage and silage system
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?