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Beef Cattle Herdsperson

Employer

KCL Cattle Company Ltd.

Date Posted

June 09, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Coaldale, AB
  • Earnings $21.00 to $26.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Aug 03, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

KCL Cattle Company Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dusty
  • Odours
  • Livestock

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • Handling animals
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Treat livestock health issues
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Formulate feeding program
  • Maintain livestock performance records
  • Train horses
  • 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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Large workload

Personal suitability

  • Organized
  • Team player

Experience

Will train

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Life insurance

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Beef Cattle Herdsperson is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in handling machinery and equipment; and in participating in the provision of services

METHODICAL

Interest in co-ordinating and maintaining financial and operational records; and in hiring and training workers

innovative

Interest in negotiating with farmers and farm managers regarding services

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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Interest Codes

Specialized Livestock Workers
METHODICAL

Interest in handling equipment to perform general farm duties; and in maintaining livestock performance records and in training horses

INNOVATIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to formulate feeding programs

directive

Interest in supervising feeding, health and breeding programs; may supervise general farm workers and harvesting labourers

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

Learn About Interests

Learn More

Abilities

Compared to my abilities

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job
Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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