Farm worker - livestock

FOX DAIRY FARMS LTD is situated in Quesnel, BC and is hiring a Farm worker - livestock to join the team. This position requires the successful applicant to begin duties at the earliest opportunity. Terms of employment: Permanent employment or Full time. Work schedule: Morning, Evening, Weekend.

Job Description

• The candidate must clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens, and other work areas.
• The candidate must clear fields of wood and stones.
• The candidate must develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals.
• The candidate must develop specific plans to prioritize.
• The candidate must diagnose livestock health issues.
• The candidate must disinfect pens, barns, or poultry houses.
• The candidate must handle animals.
• The candidate must mark livestock as proof of ownership.
• The candidate must mix fertilizers.
• The candidate must monitor animal health.
• The candidate must perform animal grooming activities.
• The candidate must perform livestock feeding.
• The candidate must perform pig littering activities, including clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medications, identifying piglets, and castration.
• The candidate must supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly.
• The candidate must assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures.
• The candidate must milk cows.
• The candidate must supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs.
• The candidate must clean stables, barns, barnyards, and pens.
• The candidate must detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock, and poultry.
• The candidate must perform general farm duties.
• The candidate must write daily basic progress reports.

Job Requirements

• The candidate must be fluent in English.
• There are no standard education requirements, such as a bachelor's degree, a certificate, or a diploma.

Work Setting

• The candidate should work in a rural area; most people live or work on farms or ranches. Hamlets, villages, towns, and other small settlements are in or surrounded by rural areas.
• The candidate should work in staff accommodation that offers live-in accommodation when an employer provides a housing offer to its employees.

Benefits

• The candidate will receive free parking; there is no additional charge for parking on the property.
• The candidate should receive on-site housing options, referring to the housing options provided by educational institutions.

How to apply

Use the provided options and submit your application if you are interested.

By mail

2849 HOLLEY RD<br>QUESNEL, BC<br>V2J 6L9

In person

2849 HOLLEY RD<br>QUESNEL, BC<br>V2J 6L9<br>Between 12:00 p.m. and 04:00 p.m.