Bar E Dairy Ltd. is hiring
Dairy Herdsperson with LMIA

Languages

• English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

• 7 months to less than 1 year

On site

• Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Dairy
• Livestock
• All weather conditions
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Handling animals
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Treat livestock health issues
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Maintain work records and logs
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties

Equipment and machinery experience

• Milking system (automated)
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Loader
• Manure spreader
• Skidsteer
• Forklift
• Hand tools

Area of specialization

• Dairy cattle

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Reliability