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.