Aletta Holsteins
Linden, MB
Job Details:
Benefits:
- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience: Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Dairy
- Livestock
- All weather conditions
- Dirty Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
- Various locations 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
- Perform animal grooming activities
- Perform livestock feeding
- Track and report on current feed inventory
- Treat livestock health issues
- Harvest crops
- 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
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Milk cows
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- 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
- Prevent and treat lameness by hoof trimming
- Conduct artificial insemination and spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses 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
- Swather
- Skidsteer
- Hand tools Automated systems experience
- Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
- Automated environmental control equipment
- Manure handling and storage Area of specialization
- Cattle breeding
- 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
- Sound discrimination Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner Screening questions
- Do you have experience working in this field? Employment terms options
- Early morning Experience
- 7 months to less than 1 year Employment terms options
- Evening
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime available Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site housing options