Hog Farm Worker

Special T Swine Ltd

$20.00 hourly for 60 hours per week

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

  • Hog and pig farming
  • Outdoors
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Feed inventory
  • Handling animals
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Processing pig litters
  • Weaning
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Experience and specialization

Automated systems experience

  • Bulk grain or feed handling – automated
  • Automated environmental control equipment
  • Manure handling and storage
  • Feeding and watering system

Area of specialization

  • Swine

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Sitting
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • 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 admin@specialtswine.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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