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1000 cow ranch with feedlot in south Saskatchewan . Calving help required. Results are to live calves and healthy livestock. All black Cows . Calving starts mid March. After calving there is fence to fix and get ready for cow herd 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 info text or call 306-476-7050
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Public transportation is not available
Specific Skills
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Harvest crops
- 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
- Manure spreader
- Loader
- Haying equipment
- Forage equipment
- Farm truck
Type of Farm Operations
- Livestock
- Combined mixed farming
Work Location Information
- Rural community
- Remote location
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
- Sound discrimination
- 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
- Confined spaces
- Outdoors
- In/on water
- At heights
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated