Swine Technician

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
**Work site environment**:

- Hog and pig farming
- Dangerous
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
**Work setting**:

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

- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Processing pig litters
- Weaning
- Feed and tend animals
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
**Automated systems experience**:

- Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
- Automated environmental control equipment
- Feeding and watering system
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week