Buffalorock Farm Ltd. is hiring
Dairy Herdsperson with LMIA

Languages

• English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years

On site

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

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Odours
• Dairy
• Dirty

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Handling animals
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Treat livestock health issues
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
• 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
• Perform general farm duties

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated manure handling or storage system
• Feeding and watering system
• Harvesters
• Milking system (automated)
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Loader
• Planting equipment
• Swather
• Skidsteer
• Hand tools

Automated systems experience

• Bulk grain or feed handling - automated
• Manure handling and storage

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
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Reliability