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Livestock Labourer

Employer

Hornseth Family Farm Partnership

Date Posted

December 23, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Red Deer, AB
  • Earnings $21.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Feb 16, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Hornseth Family Farm Partnership

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

Goat farming

Tasks

  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Clear fields of wood and stones
  • Develop specific plans to prioritize
  • Diagnose livestock health issues
  • Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Handling animals
  • Marking livestock as proof of ownership
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Organize tasks to accomplish the work
  • Perform animal grooming activities
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
  • Track and report on current feed inventory
  • Treat livestock health issues
  • Weaning
  • Weeding
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Harvest crops
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
  • Maintain financial and production records
  • Negotiate with clients for provision of services
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
  • Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
  • Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
  • Formulate feeding program
  • Maintain livestock performance records
  • Maintain quality control and production records
  • Select livestock for sale
  • Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
  • Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Hire and train staff
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Livestock Labourer 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

innovative

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

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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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