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