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Darcy and Rosalie Loewen is in need of DAIRY HERDSPERSON (NOC: 8252)
Employment Terms: Full Time - Permanent
Job Title: Dairy Herdsperson
Vacancies: 4
Job Duties:
Daily care for livestock
Milking cows in two milking per day
Following Standard Operating Procedures for milk set-up and take-down, milking procedure, and pressure washing in holding area and dairy parlour walls.
Maintaining milk quality by recognizing udder infection, testing with in parlour milk test and taking clean samples for further testing.
Treatment of udder with mastitis drugs administered in manufacturers instructions and ensuring treatments are recorded.
Assisting with sorting and trailering cows between outside pens and the barn.
Completing assigned tasks for general barn clean up and outside yard work.
Performing other general farm duties.
Working Hours: 40 hours per week, varying schedule, and may be required to work evenings, weekends, split shifts with breaks in between.
Wage: $17.50/hour
Work Location: SW 19-32-9 W 3rd, Delisle, SK
Language at workplace: English
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: physically demanding; attention to detail; combination of sitting, standing, walking; overtime required; outside work; rural area.
Employment Requirements:
Education Requirement: Completion of secondary school
Experience Requirement: 1 year of relevant experience.
Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
Type Of Livestock Specialization
- Dairy cattle
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Additional Skills
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
Specific Skills
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Perform general farm duties
- Formulate feeding program
Type of Equipment
- Milking systems
- Feeding and watering system
Type of Farm Operations
- Dairy