Howardvale Holsteins
Breadalbane, PE
Détails de l'emploi :
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Wet/damp
- Dairy
- All weather conditions Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available Tasks
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Handling animals
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
- Track and report on current feed inventory
- Treat livestock health issues
- Weaning
- Feed and tend animals
- Milk cows
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Perform general farm duties
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops Equipment and machinery experience
- Milking system (automated)
- Tractor
- Farm truck
- Skidsteer
- Hand tools Automated systems experience
- Manure handling and storage Area of specialization
- Dairy cattle Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Medical exam Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting? Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Shift
- Morning Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site housing options