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Dairy farm worker

Riedbow Dairy Ltd.

Elm Creek, MB

Posted 2 days ago

Job Details:

$16.04 / hour
Full-time
Experienced

Overview
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
  • Work site environment
  • Outdoors
  • Dangerous
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Wet/damp
  • Dairy
  • All weather conditions
  • Work setting
  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Tasks
  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Handling animals
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Perform animal grooming activities
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
  • Track and report on current feed inventory
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
  • Milk cows
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
  • Equipment and machinery experience
  • Automated manure handling or storage system
  • Bulk handling system
  • Feeding and watering system
  • Milking system (automated)
  • Storage and silage system
  • Tractor
  • Farm truck
  • Forage equipment
  • Loader
  • Manure spreader
  • Skidsteer
  • Hand tools
  • Automated systems experience
  • Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
  • Manure handling and storage
  • Area of specialization
  • Dairy cattle
  • Animal husbandry
  • 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
  • Sound discrimination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Personal suitability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Quick learner
  • Financial benefits
  • Group insurance benefits

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