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Assist and maintain pig health, comfort and environmental conditions (i.e., fresh food and water availability, air quality, sanitation). Assist in washing the facilities. Minimum 2 years experience in the livestock industry is preferred.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Continuous learning
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Feed and tend animals
- 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
Type of Farm Operations
- Livestock
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Sound discrimination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Feeding and watering
- Bulk grain or feed handling
Work Site Environment
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot