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Dairy Herdsperson
Employer
VanderGoot Farms LtdDate Posted
January 06, 2023Languages
English-
Location Red Deer, AB
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Earnings $20.00 hourly
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Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Mar 01, 2023
Employer
VanderGoot Farms Ltd
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work site environment
- Noisy
- Odours
Work setting
Remote location
Tasks
- Calving
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Maintain work records and logs
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
Area of specialization
Dairy cattle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Team player
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
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Interest Codes
- 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 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.
Abilities
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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
Interest Codes
- 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 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.
Abilities
Compared to my abilities
The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.