farm labourer - livestock

Education:

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Work site environment:

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots.
• Other miscellaneous animal farming.
• Outdoors.
• Confined spaces.
• Dusty.
• Odours.
• Wet/damp.
• Livestock.
• All weather conditions.

Work setting:

Rural area.

Tasks:

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses.
• Handling animals.
• Monitor the calving process.
• Monitoring animal health.
• Perform animal grooming activities .
• Perform livestock feeding.
• Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving.
• Feed and tend animals.
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
• Perform general farm duties.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Ability to work independently.
• Physically demanding.
• Repetitive tasks.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Bending, crouching, kneeling.

Personal suitability:

• Team player.
• Flexibility.
• Reliability.
• Quick learner.

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.
• Morning.

Experience:

No experience (will train).

Employment terms options:

Day.