farm worker - livestock

2025-01-05 | Adh Mor Ranch | Ponoka | AB | Canada

Perks & Benefits:

Location:
Ponoka, AB T4J 1R7
  • Work Term: Seasonal
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 35 to 50 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
  • Work site environment

  • Hay farming
  • Livestock combination farming
  • Other miscellaneous animal farming
  • Outdoors
  • At heights
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Wet/damp
  • Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Remote location
  • Tasks

  • Handling animals
  • Marking livestock as proof of ownership
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Perform animal grooming activities
  • Track and report on current feed inventory
  • Weaning
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Train horses
  • 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
  • Equipment and machinery experience

  • Feeding and watering system
  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Sprayer or duster
  • Tractor
  • Farm truck
  • Forage equipment
  • Haying equipment
  • Lift truck
  • Manure spreader
  • Tillage equipment
  • Automated systems experience

  • Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
  • Manure handling and storage
  • Area of specialization

  • Cattle breeding
  • Animal specialization

  • Thoroughbred horses
  • Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Overtime required
  • Sound discrimination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

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