Swine Herdsperson

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
- **Work site environment**:

- Hog and pig farming
- Hog management
- Noisy
- Odours
- Livestock
- ** Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Various locations
- ** Tasks**:

- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Handling animals
- Perform livestock feeding
- Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
- Treat livestock health issues
- Weaning
- 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
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Perform general farm duties
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- ** Area of specialization**:

- Swine
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- ** Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Bonus
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 85 hours bi-weekly