dairy farm labourer
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Tasks:
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses.
- Handling animals.
- Monitor the calving process.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Perform livestock feeding.
- Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving.
- 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.
- Milk cows.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market.
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to work independently.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
- Night.
Experience:
No experience (will train).
Employment terms options:
- Day.
- Weekend.
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- On-site housing options.
- Parking available.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.).
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees .
- Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Supports for visible minorities:
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).