Beef Cattle Farm Worker

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Noisy

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available
• Room and board provided
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Cattle training
• Handling animals
• Marking livestock as proof of ownership
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor
• Combine harvester
• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Loader
• Swather

Area of specialization

• Cattle breeding

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation
• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Valid driver's licence
• Drive manual transmission vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement

Benefits

Other benefits

• On-site housing options