stock attendant

Work site environment

• Layer poultry farming
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours
• Livestock
• Poultry and egg production

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Direct farm feed inventory activities
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Treat livestock health issues
• Feed and tend animals
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Maintain financial and production records
• 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
• Maintain work records and logs
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Egg gathering system
• Feeding and watering system
• Tractor
• Loader
• Skidsteer
• Hand tools

Area of specialization

• Agricultural livestock service
• Poultry

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Quick learner