dairy herdsperson
Your tasks
- Handling animals.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Perform livestock feeding.
- Treat livestock health issues.
- Feed and tend animals.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Formulate feeding program.
- Maintain livestock performance records.
- Milk cows.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.
- Perform general farm duties.
Dairy cattle.
Requirements
Education No degree, certificate or diploma.
Equipment and machinery experience
- Feeding and watering system.
- Milking system (automated).
- Tractor.
- Farm truck.
- Skidsteer.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Reliability.
1 year to less than 2 years.
What we offer
Health benefits
- Dental plan.
- Paramedical services coverage.
Financial benefits Life insurance.
Other
Work site environment
- Dusty.
- Noisy.
- Odours.
- Dairy.
- Livestock.
Work setting Rural area.
Transportation/travel information Public transportation is not available.
Employment terms options
- Early morning.
- Evening.
Employment terms options
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.