pork production technician

Amberley Pork & Grain; Huron-Kinloss; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits

Job summary

Amberley Pork & Grain is seeking a dedicated farm worker for its on-site hog operations in Ontario. The role involves caring for animals, feeding management, and assisting with daily farm tasks to support production and safety standards.

Requires 1–2 years of experience in farming or animal care, and a secondary school diploma or equivalent. Benefits include financial and group insurance, with three vacancies available.

Qualifications

• Secondary school graduation certificate or equivalent experience.
• 1–2 years of experience in farming or animal care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Select livestock for sale
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties

Skills

Animal handling

Monitoring animal health

Record keeping

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

or equivalent experience

Job description

• Various locations 2989 Concession 2
• Ripley, , ON N0G 2R0Ripley, , ON N0G 2R0
• Work location On site
• Salary 20.51 hourly / 40 hours per week
• Terms of employmentPermanent employmentFull time
• Early morning, Morning, Day, Weekend
• Starts as soon as possible
• Benefits: Financial benefits
• vacancies 3 vacancies

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

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

• Hog and pig farming
• Hog management
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Livestock
• Work setting
• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Select livestock for sale
• Maintain work records and logs
• Perform general farm duties
• Benefits
• Financial benefits
• Group insurance benefits
• Employment groups
• This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth

Support for Indigenous people

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees

Who can apply for this job?

You can apply if you are:

• a Canadian citizen
• a permanent resident of Canada
• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.

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