livestock driver

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Hay farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Oilseed (except soybean) farming
• Other grain farming
• Outdoors
• Wheat farming
• At heights
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Wet/damp
• Grain, oil and forage crop
• Livestock
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area
• Farms

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Handling animals
• Perform livestock feeding
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Treat livestock health issues
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Perform general farm duties

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Canola

Equipment and machinery experience

• Seed drill
• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor
• Combine harvester
• Haying equipment
• Loader
• Manure spreader
• Swather
• Tillage equipment
• Skidsteer

Type of industry experience

• Trucking

Area of specialization

• Agricultural livestock service
• Beef cattle
• Welding

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Quick learner