swine technician

swine technician

Offer parameters
El-Tigre Farms
$18 an hour
Niverville, MB, CA

Woke Type

permanent

About

  • Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
  • Langue de travail : Anglais
  • Heures de travail : 40 hours per week
  • Education :
  • Expérience :

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Hog and pig farming
  • Hog management
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Wet / damp
  • Livestock

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer

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
  • Weaning
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Maintain quality control and production records
  • Perform general farm duties
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

First Aid Certificate

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Automated manure handling or storage system
  • Feeding and watering system

Automated systems experience

Manure handling and storage

Area of specialization

  • Swine
  • Animal husbandry

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Quick learner

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • What is your current field of study?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Pension plan

Other benefits

  • Other benefits