Dairy Farm Worker - Oyster Bed Bridge, Canada - Extondale Farms Ltd.
Extondale Farms Ltd.
Oyster Bed Bridge, Canada
Verified Company
3 weeks ago
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment:
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- Livestock
Work setting:
- Staff accommodation available
- Rural area
- Dairy
Tasks:
- Calving
- Clipping
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Milk cows
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- 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 work records and logs
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and biosecurity procedures
- Ensure farm safety and biosecurity procedures are followed
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Loader
- Manure spreader
- Tractor
Automated systems experience:
- Milking system (automated)
Area of specialization:
- Cattle breeding
- Dairy
Transportation/travel information:
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fastpaced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Handeye coordination
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
Screening questions:
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
