Peeters Dairy Ltd.
$18.00 to 22.00 hourly (to be negotiated) – 40 to 50 hours per week
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Work site environment
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Rural area
- Dairy
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Calving
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Milk cows
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Perform general farm duties
- Maintain work records and logs
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Loader
- Tractor
Automated systems experience
- Milking system (automated)
Area of specialization
- Dairy cattle
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
Benefits
Other benefits
- On-site housing options
To apply for this job email your details to peetersfarms@gmail.com
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