Livestock Attendant

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Odours
- All weather conditions
- Dirty
- **Work setting**:

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

- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
- Develop specific plans to prioritize
- Direct farm feed inventory activities
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Perform animal grooming activities
- Perform livestock feeding
- Track and report on current feed inventory
- Treat livestock health issues
- Feed and tend animals
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
- Identify livestock
- Book appointments
- Store, update and maintain databases
- Enter client information in databases
- **Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Fertilizer applicator
- Tractor
- Farm truck
- Hand tools
- **Area of specialization**:

- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Property management
- **Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Ability to work independently
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- **Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
- **Personal suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- **Screening questions**:

- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- **Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- On-site amenities
- On-site housing options
- Parking available