farm foreman/woman

2 weeks ago

Woodstock, Ontario, Canada View Hill Holsteins Full time
  • 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
  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Dangerous
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Outdoors
  • Dairy
  • Livestock
  • Work setting
  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Tasks
  • Conduct artificial insemination and spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Diagnose livestock health issues
  • Direct farm feed inventory activities
  • Direct farm grooming activities
  • Handling animals
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Organize tasks to accomplish the work
  • Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly
  • Treat livestock health issues
  • Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
  • Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
  • Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
  • Formulate feeding program
  • Maintain livestock performance records
  • Maintain quality control and production records
  • Select livestock for sale
  • Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Supervision
  • 1 to 2 people
  • Equipment and machinery experience
  • Automated manure handling or storage system
  • Bulk handling system
  • Feeding and watering system
  • Milking system (automated)
  • Storage and silage system
  • Tractor
  • Area of specialization
  • Cattle breeding
  • Beef cattle
  • Dairy cattle
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Large workload
  • Personal suitability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Other benefits
  • On-site housing options
  • Other benefits