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BenefitsPulled from the full job description
- Dental care
- Life insurance
- Extended health care
Full job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College/CEGEP
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Hog and pig farming
- Hog management
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dirty
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities/Tasks
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- 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
- 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
Experience and specialization/Area of specialization
- Swine
Additional information/Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Reliability
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $18.72-$20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 45 – 55 per week
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
Work Location: In person
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