Cattle Herdsperson
Posted on Jan 26, 2021 by Prairie Land and Cattle Co. Ltd.
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Location Hardisty, AB
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Earnings $22.00 to $27.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 200 to 300 hours per month
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2 Vacancies
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Closing Date Mar 07, 2021
Employer
Prairie Land and Cattle Co. Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Equipment and Machinery Experience
Tractor
Experience
5 years or more
Additional Skills
- Perform general farm duties
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Maintain work records and logs
Area of Specialization
- Beef cattle
- Agricultural livestock service
- Cattle breeding
Type of Farm Operations
- Livestock
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
Specific Skills
Monitoring animal health
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
Transportation/Travel Information
Valid driver's licence
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Tight deadlines
Ability to Supervise
3-4 people
Work Location Information
- Rural area
- Remote location
Agricultural Service Contractors Specific Skills
- Maintain financial and production records
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
Farm Supervisors Specific Skills
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Develop work schedules and establish procedures
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
Specialized Livestock Workers Specific Skills
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Formulate feeding program
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Select livestock for sale
- Calving
- Cattle exhibition
- Cattle training
- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Weaning
- Livestock branding
Personal Suitability
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
How to Apply
Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
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- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in handling machinery and equipment; and in participating in the provision of services
- METHODICAL
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Interest in co-ordinating and maintaining financial and operational records; and in hiring and training workers
- innovative
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Interest in negotiating with farmers and farm managers regarding services
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 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.
- METHODICAL
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Interest in handling equipment to perform general farm duties; and in maintaining livestock performance records and in training horses
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in co-ordinating information to formulate feeding programs
- directive
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Interest in supervising feeding, health and breeding programs; may supervise general farm workers and harvesting labourers
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 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.