Livestock Weigher - Cookstown, Canada - Ontario Stockyards Inc.
3 weeks ago
Description
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:
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Livestock
Work setting:
- Rural area
Tasks:
- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Handle and care for livestock
- Coordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Develop work schedules and establish procedures
- Ensure farm safety and biosecurity procedures are followed
Supervision:
people
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Tractor
- Hand tools
Area of specialization:
- Beef cattle
- Agricultural livestock service
Transportation/travel information:
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fastpaced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Handeye coordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own tools/equipment:
- Steeltoed safety boots
- Gloves
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Screening questions:
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Health benefits:
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
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