Dairy Farm Worker

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
- **Work site environment**:

- Livestock combination farming
- Dusty
- Odours
- Dairy
- Livestock
- All weather conditions
- **Work setting**:

- Rural area
- **Tasks**:

- Handling animals
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Perform livestock feeding
- Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
- Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly
- Treat livestock health issues
- Feed and tend animals
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Milk cows
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Write daily basic progress reports
- **Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Feeding and watering system
- Milking system (automated)
- Farm truck
- Loader
- Hand tools
- **Transportation/travel information**:

- Public transportation is not available
- **Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Ability to work independently
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- **Personal suitability**:

- Organized
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Reliability
- **Screening questions**:

- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you live near the job location?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?
- **Employment terms options**:

- Early morning
- Evening
- Shift
- **Employment terms options**:

- To be determined
- **Health benefits**:

- Health care plan