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Looking for someone to work on our family farm located NW-21-20-27 W3.
The candidate that I would consider would need to have the following skills:
- Supervisory experience
- Cattle experience in a herd of more than 500 animals
- Self managing not need to be directly supervised
- Some mechanic skills
- Excellent English
- Be soft on equipment.....
- Experience running tractors
- Experience driving large trucks with standard transmission
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
Type Of Livestock Specialization
- Beef cattle
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Driver's licence
Additional Skills
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Develop work schedules and establish procedures
Specific Skills
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Perform general farm duties
- Formulate feeding program
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
Type of Equipment
- Trucks
- Tractors
- Storage and silage system
- Manure handling or storage system
- Feeding and watering system
- Swather or combine
Type of Farm Operations
- Mixed