livestock labourer

Work site environment

• Livestock combination farming
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Odours
• Livestock

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Cattle training
• Feed inventory
• Livestock branding
• Monitoring animal health
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures

Experience and specialization

Area of specialization

• Dairy cattle

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Quick learner