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Work site environment
- Dusty
- Hot
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Dairy
Work setting
- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Maintain work records and logs
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
- Feed and tend animals
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Milk cows
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Equipment and machinery experience
- Feeding and watering system
- Milking system (automated)
Area of specialization
- Dairy cattle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
- Team player