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Byron & Michelle Clarke, located at Land Description: NW-25-038-36-W3, Denzil, Saskatchewan, S0L 0S0, is seeking a Farm Foreman to start as soon as possible.
Location of Employment: Land Locations: N1/2-25-38-26-W3 / SE-36-38-26-W3 / NW-36-38-26-W3 / SE-22-38-26 / SEC1-39-23-W3, Denzil, Saskatchewan. Staff accommodation available.
SKILL REQUIREMENTS
Education: Not applicable
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.): Driver's licence
Experience: Minimum of 1 year related experience
JOB DUTIES
Main Duties:
- Supervise 1 2 farm workers during seeding & harvesting season.
- Receive and process new cattle (tag, vaccinate, implant, etc.), assessing animal health & providing treatment where necessary.
- Check pens for herd health and identify & pull any sick cattle as necessary.
- General administration of herd health check cattle for illnesses & injuries, pull and treat with medication where necessary, recording with computer software.
- Move cattle when required, sort to ship, & load for shipping.
- Supervise breeding program.
- Oversee calving program, provide care for orphaned calves when required. Processing & weaning of newborn calves.
- Check head counts, lot numbers and correct pen & fed finishing rations; feeding based on gender, origin, age, weight & marketing plan.
- Qualify conditions of bunks. Check scales on feed trucks to ensure proper loading and feeding. Adjust variances between covers and make corresponding changes to rations. Operate feed truck and deliver feed to pens.
- Assist Manager in problem solving any situations that may occur in the yard.
Minor Duties
- Assist with feeding and bedding.
- Ensure water systems are operational.
- Assist with maintenance of pens.
- Assist in seeding and harvesting seasons; plant, cultivate & irrigate crops, harvest crops, detect disease & health problems in crops. Operate farm machinery.
- General maintenance of yard equipment and machinery.
Essential Skills
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
Type Of Livestock Specialization
- Beef cattle
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Driver's licence
Additional Skills
- Train workers
- Develop work schedules and establish procedures
Specific Skills
- Supervise breeding programs and harvest operations
- Supervise farm operations
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Perform general farm duties
- Formulate feeding program
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
Type of Equipment
- Trucks
- Tractors
- Manure handling or storage system
- Irrigation systems
- Feeding and watering system
Type of Farm Operations
- Mixed