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Specialized Livestock Worker
Looking for someone to work on our family farm located NW-21-20-27 W3.
The candidate that I would consider would need to have the following skills:
- Supervisory experience
- Cattle experience in a herd of more than 500 animals
- Self managing and not need to be directly supervised
- Some mechanic skills
- Be soft on equipment.
- Experience running tractors
- Experience driving large trucks with standard transmission
- Ability to read, write, and orally communicate in English
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Numeracy
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
Type Of Livestock Specialization
- Beef cattle
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Driver's licence
Additional Skills
- Maintain livestock performance records
Specific Skills
- Supervise farm operations
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Perform general farm duties
- 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
- Storage and silage system
- Seed drill
- Manure handling or storage system
- Feeding and watering system
- Crop sprayers or dusters
- Swather or combine
Type of Farm Operations
- Mixed