labourer, farm

2024-05-03 | Special T Swine Ltd | Brussels | ON | Canada

Perks & Benefits:

Location:
Brussels, ON
  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 60 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

    • Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

    • Work site environment

  • Hog and pig farming
  • Outdoors
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Odours

    • Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Various locations

    • Tasks

  • Handling animals
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
  • Track and report on current feed inventory
  • Weaning
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

    • Equipment and machinery experience

  • Feeding and watering system
  • Farm truck

    • Automated systems experience

  • Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
  • Automated environmental control equipment
  • Manure handling and storage

    • Area of specialization

  • Swine

    • Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Sitting
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

    • Personal suitability

  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Quick learner

    • Screening questions

  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

    • Experience

  • 2 years to less than 3 years

    • Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

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