dairy herdsperson

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  • Canada


Job details


  • LocationNE 8-9-5 WElm Creek, MBR0G 0N0

  • Workplace information
    On site

  • Salary19.04 hourly / 40 hours per week


  • Terms of employment
    Permanent employmentFull time

  • Day, Evening, Weekend, Overtime, Flexible Hours, Early Morning


  • Starts as soon as possible




  • Benefits:
    Financial benefits
  • vacancies
    1 vacancy
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    #3337278

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dangerous
  • Hot
  • Odours
  • Dairy

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Diagnose livestock health issues
  • Direct farm feed inventory activities
  • Handling animals
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Organize tasks to accomplish the work
  • Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly
  • 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
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
  • Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
  • Formulate feeding program
  • Maintain livestock performance records
  • Maintain quality control and production records
  • Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Supervision

  • 1 to 2 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Automated manure handling or storage system
  • Bulk handling system
  • Feeding and watering system
  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Milking system (automated)
  • Storage and silage system
  • Tractor
  • Forage equipment
  • Loader
  • Manure spreader
  • Skidsteer

Automated systems experience

  • Bulk grain or feed handling – automated
  • Manure handling and storage

Area of specialization

  • Cattle breeding
  • Dairy cattle
  • Animal husbandry

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Large workload
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Overtime required
  • Sound discrimination
  • Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

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

Benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits



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