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Farm Hand - Livestock

Employer

McNary Feed Lot Ltd

Date Posted

January 23, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Wainwright, AB
  • Earnings $23.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Feb 25, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

McNary Feed Lot Ltd

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Livestock

Tasks

  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Clear fields of wood and stones
  • Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Handling animals
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • Weaning
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Feeding and watering system
  • Storage and silage system
  • Tractor
  • Farm truck
  • Lift truck
  • Loader
  • Forklift

Automated systems experience

  • Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
  • Manure handling and storage

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

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

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

Experience an asset

Employment terms options

Weekend

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Farm Hand - Livestock is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

General Farm Workers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment

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Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

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