Company: Patron Farms Ltd.
Job details:
Swine Herdsperson
Requirements
Languages: English
Education:
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience: Will train
Responsibilities
- Boar semen collection
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
- Treat livestock health issues
- Weaning
- Feed and tend animals
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Perform general farm duties
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Pay: $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Housing allowance
- On-site parking
- Vision care
Work Location: In person