general farm worker – livestock

Work site environment

• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Sheep farming
• Odours
• Potato and vegetable
• Livestock

Work setting

• Staff accommodation available
• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Farm animal grooming
• Feed inventory
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Harvest crops
• 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
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
• Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
• Perform general farm duties
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Maintain work records and logs
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Develop work schedules and establish procedures
• Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player