Cattle ranch worker

William C Day

$18.00 to $25.00 hourly for 40 to 60 hours per week

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Hay farming
  • Livestock combination farming
  • Other grain farming
  • Outdoors
  • Wheat farming
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Rural area
  • Remote location
  • Willing to relocate
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Calving
  • Cattle training
  • Handling animals
  • Livestock branding
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Reining
  • Stone and/or wood picking
  • Weaning
  • Harvest crops
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Farm truck
  • Forage equipment
  • Haying equipment
  • Loader
  • Swather
  • Tillage equipment
  • Tractor

Area of specialization

  • Cattle breeding

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

  • On-site housing options

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

To apply for this job email your details to drranching@gmail.com

Only apply to this job if:

  • You are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
  • You have a valid Canadian work permit.
  • If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.



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