Duties will include:
-Be responsible for the complete care of the hogs in your assigned area.
-Carry our breeding programs including heat detection and artificial insemination.
-Monitor feed and watering systems.
-Ensuring a clean and safe work environment.
-Vaccinating, assisting farrowing and all other related duties for the sow herd.
-Piglet care-processing, treating,etc.
-Daily record-keeping.
-Completing tasks assigned by management.
-Following biosecurity protocols.
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
Specific Skills
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Feed and tend animals
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Type of Farm Operations
- Livestock
Work Location Information
- Staff accommodation available
- Staff accommodation provided
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Walking
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Manure handling and storage
- Feeding and watering
- Bulk grain or feed handling
Work Site Environment
- Odours
- Dusty
- Hot