Dairy Farm Worker

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Corn farming
- Hay farming
- Organic farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Dairy
- Livestock
- All weather conditions
- ** Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Staff accommodation provided
- ** Tasks**:

- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform livestock feeding
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly
- Treat livestock health issues
- Weeding
- Harvest crops
- Feed and tend animals
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Milk cows
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Automated manure handling or storage system
- Milking system (automated)
- Tractor
- Loader
- Skidsteer
- ** Automated systems experience**:

- Manure handling and storage
- ** Specialization or experience**:

- Green economy sector
- ** Area of specialization**:

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

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- ** Personal suitability**:

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

- 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?
- ** Green job**:

- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes