Dairy Farm Worker

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dairy
• Potato and vegetable
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Cattle training
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Stone and/or wood picking
• Weeding
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Maintain financial and production records
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Milk cows
• Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Milking system (automated)
• Storage and silage system
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Forage equipment
• Haying equipment
• Loader
• Planting equipment
• Tillage equipment
• Skidsteer

Automated systems experience

• Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
• Automated environmental control equipment
• Manure handling and storage

Area of specialization

• Dairy cattle

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Overtime required

Personal suitability

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