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Livestock Labourer

Employer

Vermilion Livestock Exchange

Date Posted

March 26, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Vermilion, AB
  • Earnings $17.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 4  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Apr 25, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Vermilion Livestock Exchange

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Outdoors
  • Odours
  • All weather conditions

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation available

Tasks

  • Monitoring animal health
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • 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

Area of specialization

Beef cattle

Transportation/travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

Team player

Screening questions

Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

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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

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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Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

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Manual Dexterity

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