dairy farm worker
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- Dairy.
- All weather conditions.
- Work setting: Rural area.
Tasks:
- Diagnose livestock health issues.
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses.
- Handling animals.
- Monitor the calving process.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Perform livestock feeding.
- Treat livestock health issues.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Maintain livestock performance records.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Perform general farm duties.
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Milking system (automated).
- Tractor.
Area of specialization:
Dairy cattle.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability:
- Organized.
- Team player.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
Government programs:
Recognized employer.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Night.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Employment terms options:
- Day.
- Weekend.
Health benefits:
- Dental plan.
- Health care plan.
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- On-site amenities.
- On-site housing options.
- Other benefits.
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days).
- Team building opportunities.
- Transportation provided by employer.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for mature workers:
Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
Supports for visible minorities:
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.