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Livestock Labourer

Employer

Prairie Spud Farms Ltd.

Date Posted

September 14, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Vauxhall, AB
  • Earnings $23.80 to $27.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Sep 28, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Prairie Spud Farms Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Staff accommodation provided
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate
  • Fencing

Tasks

  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
  • Diagnose livestock health issues
  • Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Handling animals
  • Marking livestock as proof of ownership
  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Organize tasks to accomplish the work
  • Perform livestock feeding
  • Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
  • Weaning
  • Harvest crops
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Maintain livestock performance records
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
  • Report information to supervisor

Equipment and machinery experience

Loader

Screening questions

  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Other benefits

On-site housing options


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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

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

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