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Swine Technician
Employer
Ghostpine Farms Ltd.Date Posted
February 26, 2026Languages
English-
Location Red Deer County, AB
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Earnings $19.11 to $20.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 45 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 3  Vacancies
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Closing Date Apr 28, 2026
Employer
Ghostpine Farms Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Hog and pig farming
- Hog management
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
Work setting
Rural area
Tasks
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- 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
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Select livestock for sale
- 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
Equipment and machinery experience
Feeding and watering system
Automated systems experience
Automated environmental control equipment
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
Experience
Experience an asset
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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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
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Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment
- innovative
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Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Abilities
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