Employment Information
- Post ID: 687922093
- Open Date: September 24, 2024
- Close Date: December 1, 2024
- Organization: La cie Farmer John
- Sector: Farm, Agriculture & Forestry
- Business Location:Henryville, Québec, Canada
- Total Views: 205
- Duration: 3 calendar days (4 business days)
- Last Updated: 3 days ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/quebec/henryville/687922093/herd-superintendent/
Job Details
- Experience: 3 years - 5 years
- Job Vacancies: 1
- Compensation: $20.00 to $25.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 35 to 55 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: November 1, 2024
- Apply by: email to [email protected]
- Education: College certificate or diploma from 1 to 2 years
Job Description
Tasks
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Handling animals
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Perform livestock feeding
- Provide shearing services to livestock
- Supervise milking operations to ensure work is done correctly
- Treat livestock health issues
- Feed and tend animals
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- 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
- Milk cows
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Maintain work records and logs
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Perform general farm duties
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Milking system (automated)
Area of work experience
- Process troubleshooting
Area of specialization
- Agricultural livestock service
- Dairy cattle
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Medical exam
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is not available
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Mileage paid
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Other benefits
- Team building opportunities
- Variable or compressed work week