livestock labourer

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Chicken farming
• Duck and geese farming
• Hay farming
• Layer poultry farming
• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Outdoors
• Turkey farming
• In/on water
• Dangerous
• Noisy
• Odours
• Cold/refrigerated
• Poultry and egg production
• Livestock
• Experimental

Work setting

• Rural area
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Brush collecting
• Handling animals
• Livestock branding
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• 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
• Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
• Maintain work records and logs
• Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures

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
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload

Personal suitability

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