herd hand at Briar Ridge Dairy

Equipment and Machinery Experience

  • Tractor
  • Farm truck

Type of Farm Operations

  • Other miscellaneous animal farming

Specific Skills

  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Milk cows
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
  • Monitoring animal health

Work Site Environment

  • Outdoors

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Work Location Information

  • Staff accommodation provided

Automated Systems Experience

  • Milking system (automated)
  • Feeding and watering system

Personal Suitability

  • Effective interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Team player
  • Judgement
  • Organized
Company:Briar Ridge DairyLocation:Pouce Coupe - British Columbia - CanadaJob Types:Full TimePost Date:December 28, 2021Valid Through:January 28, 2022