farm worker – livestock

Work site environment

• Hay farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Outdoors
• At heights
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Odours
• Hot

Work setting

• Rural area
• Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Calving
• Cattle training
• Farm animal grooming
• Feed inventory
• Handling animals
• Livestock branding
• Monitoring animal health
• Reining
• Show horse preparation
• Weaning
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
• Train horses

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Farm truck
• Fertilizer applicator
• Forage equipment
• Haying equipment
• Lift truck
• Manure spreader
• Sprayer or duster
• Tillage equipment
• Tractor

Automated systems experience

• Bulk grain or feed handling – automated
• Manure handling and storage
• Feeding and watering system

Area of specialization

• Cattle breeding

Animal specialization

• Thoroughbred horses

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Sound discrimination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Overtime required