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Full Time Feedlot Hand

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Job Order #: 5453475

NOC: 8431
Employer Name:
Hillcrest Enterprises Ltd.
Posted Date:
24-Aug-2015
Location:
CORONACH
 
# of Positions:
2
Employment Terms:
Full Time
Length of Employment:
Permanent
Experience:
3-5 Years
Apply By:
24-Sep-2015
How to Apply?:
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Employer Name:
Hillcrest Enterprises Ltd.
Contact Name:
Emma or Amy
Contact Phone:
1-306-267-6110
Contact Fax:
1-306-267-2484
Contact Email:
hillcrestent@sasktel.net


Description

Hillcrest Enterprises Ltd. is currently seeking
applicants for full time permanent ranch hand
positions! We consist of a 3,000 head feed lot, a
crop input division and 16,000 acres of crop land.
We strive to be the best in the business and are
constantly making changes to get there. All of our
machinery and facilities are new, clean and very
well maintained.

We require applicants to be hard working, honest,
pay attention to detail, to constantly strive for
excellence, have a passion for agriculture and
work well as a part of a team! We require
applicants to have a valid class 5 drivers
license, 1A is an asset but not a requirement.

As a ranch hand your tasks would include but are
not limited to: Checking and treating cattle
within feed lot, calving, dealing with calving
troubles, all aspects regarding herd health,
rotating cattle, loading and weighing cattle,
assist with artificial insemination program,
checking and treating cattle in pasture,
mainlining and repairing fences, cattle handling
on horseback and quad, equipment operation and
assist with cattle processing.

 

Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills
 - Oral communication
 - Working with others
 - Problem solving
 - Decision making
 - Critical thinking
 - Job task planning and organizing
 - Finding information
 - Computer use
 - Continuous learning
 - Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
 - Own vehicle
 - Drive manual transmission vehicle
 - Public transportation is not available
Specific Skills
 - Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
 - Feed and tend animals
 - Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
 - Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Type of Equipment
 - Tractor
 - Manure spreader
 - Loader
 - Haying equipment
 - Farm truck
Type of Farm Operations
 - Livestock
Work Location Information
 - Rural community
 - Remote location
 - Willing to relocate
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
 - Fast-paced environment
 - Work under pressure
 - Tight deadlines
 - Repetitive tasks
 - Handling heavy loads
 - Physically demanding
 - Attention to detail
 - Hand-eye co-ordination
 - Sound discrimination
 - Combination of sitting, standing, walking
 - Standing for extended periods
 - Walking
 - Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
 - Storage and silage
 - Manure handling and storage
 - Feeding and watering
 - Environmental control equipment
 - Bulk grain or feed handling
Work Site Environment
 - Outdoors
 - Wet/damp
 - Noisy
 - Odours
 - Dusty
 - Hot

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