cattle ranch worker

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Will train

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Livestock combination farming
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Dusty

Tasks

• Farm animal grooming
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Perform general farm duties
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Select livestock for sale

Area of specialization

• Cattle breeding
• Dairy cattle
• Beef cattle
• Agricultural livestock service
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week