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1000 cow ranch with feedlot in southern Saskatchewan. Calving help required. Results are to be live calves and healthy livestock. All black cows. Calving starts mid march. After calving there is fence to fix and get ready for cowherd to grass. Hay to put up. Pasture checking putting out salt, creep feed and checking water systems. Lots of stuff to do. There is some equipment operation. Willing to train right applicant. The ranch has good facilities and good equipment. Non smoking environment. Email resume . For more information call or text 306-476-7050
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel regularly
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- 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 Equipment
- Tractor
- Swather
- Loader
- Haying equipment
- Forage equipment
- Farm truck
Type of Farm Operations
- Livestock
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Combined mixed farming
Work Location Information
- Rural community
- Remote location
- Various locations
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Storage and silage
- Manure handling and storage
- Feeding and watering
- Bulk grain or feed handling
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- In/on water
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated