Earnings $60,000.00 to $75,000.00 annually (to be negotiated)
Work Hours 40 to 44 hours per week
Position Permanent Full Time
Job Requirements
Employer
Languages
Education
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Livestock combination farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Livestock
- Farm
Work setting
- Rural area
Tasks
- Conduct artificial insemination and spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Develop specific plans to prioritize
- Direct farm grooming activities
- Handling animals
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
- Maintain work records and logs
- Hire and train staff
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
Supervision
1 to 2 people
Equipment and machinery experience
- Tractor
Area of specialization
- Agricultural livestock service
- Cattle breeding
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
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Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers
OBJECTIVE
Interest in handling machinery and equipment; and in participating in the provision of services
METHODICAL
Interest in co-ordinating and maintaining financial and operational records; and in hiring and training workers
innovative
Interest in negotiating with farmers and farm managers regarding services
The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.
Typical ability expectations for this job
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