Livestock Yardman/woman

Durée de l'emploi: Permanent

• Langue de travail: Anglais
• Heures de travail: 45 to 60 hours per week

- Education

- Expérience

- **Education**

• No degree, certificate or diploma

- **Work site environment**

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

- **Work setting**

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

- **Tasks**

• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Handling animals
• Marking livestock as proof of ownership
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Treat livestock health issues
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Select livestock for sale
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

- **Area of specialization**

• Beef cattle

- **Transportation/travel information**

• Public transportation is not available
• Own transportation

- **Work conditions and physical capabilities**

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

- **Own tools/equipment**

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

- **Personal suitability**

• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner

- **Screening questions**

• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you have experience working in this field?

- **Employment terms options**

• Early morning

- **Experience**

• 1 year to less than 2 years

- **Employment terms options**

• Shift
• Flexible hours
• Morning
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime available

- **Health benefits**

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

- **Other benefits**

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities
• On-site housing options
• Other benefits
• Parking available