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Herdsperson

Posted by: Hardenberg & Sons Farm Management Ltd.
Posting date: November 21, 2023      Closing date: November 20, 2025
Posting date: November 21, 2023
Closing date: November 20, 2025
 
Job location: Others BC, Canada
 
Salary: 23.00 hourly
 
Vacancy: 2
 
Job category: Agriculture & farms
Job id: 20231122-010525

Job description:


Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Work site environment

  • Dairy
  • Livestock

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Feed inventory
  • Handling animals
  • Livestock branding
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
  • Maintain financial and production records
  • Negotiate with clients for provision of services
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
  • Select livestock for sale
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Perform general farm duties

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Feeding and watering system
  • Milking system (automated)

Area of specialization

  • Cattle breeding
  • Cattle genomics
  • Beef cattle
  • Dairy cattle

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Organized
  • Team player

How to apply

By email

chrisvonhardenberg@gmail.com

By mail

36612 Hyde- Buker Road

Dewdney, BC

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