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Swine Herdsperson
Employer
Sunhaven Farms Inc.Date Posted
April 12, 2025Languages
English-
Location Wainwright, AB
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Earnings $20.00 to $22.50 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 85 hours bi-weekly
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 4  Vacancies
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Closing Date May 12, 2025
Employer
Sunhaven Farms Inc.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Hog and pig farming
- Hog management
- Noisy
- Odours
- Livestock
Work setting
- Rural area
- Various locations
Tasks
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Handling animals
- Perform livestock feeding
- Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
- Treat livestock health issues
- Weaning
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Select livestock for sale
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Perform general farm duties
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Area of specialization
Swine
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Physically demanding
Experience
Experience an asset
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
Bonus
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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.