Livestock Labourer

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Livestock

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation provided
• Remote location
• Relocation costs covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
• Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Feed and tend animals
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties
• Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Flexibility
• Reliability

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site housing options