Swine Technician

Alberta; Gadsby; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability benefits

Group insurance benefits

Life insurance

RRSP

Bonus

Learning/training paid by employer

Paid time off (volunteering orPersonal

Team building opportunities

Travel insurance

Job summary

Red Willow Pork Farms in rural Alberta is seeking a temporary full-time Farm Worker to tend swine and assist with daily husbandry tasks. The role involves feeding, monitoring health, and maintaining records on livestock performance.

You will work outdoors in a fast-paced farm environment, handling animals, and following bio-security procedures. Candidates should be capable of physically demanding work and be reliable team players.

Qualifications

• Experience handling pigs and livestock.
• Willingness to work in dusty, hot conditions.
• Ability to monitor animal health and keep simple records.
• Maintain livestock performance records and assist with feed and care.

Responsibilities

• Handling animals and monitoring animal health.
• Perform livestock feeding and littering activities.
• Administer iron and other medications; identify piglets and castration where applicable.
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
• Maintain livestock performance records and assist with sales selection.

Skills

Hardworking

Attention to detail

Team player

Education

Hog and pig farming

Dusty

Hot

Odours

Livestock

Job description

Earnings $20.00 to $24.00 hourly (to be negotiated)

Work Hours 42.5 to 50 hours per week

Position Temporary Full Time

Job Requirements

Employer

Red Willow Pork Farms

Education

• Hog and pig farming
• Dusty
• Hot
• Odours
• Livestock

Work setting

• Rural area

Tasks

• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform livestock feeding
• Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Select livestock for sale

Area of specialization

Swine

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Quick learner
• Do you have experience working in this field?
• Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Employment terms options

• Early morning
• Day
• Disability benefits
• Paramedical services coverage
• Bonus
• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Team building opportunities
• Travel insurance

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

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

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees

Important notice:

This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.

Methodical. Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops.

Objective. Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment.

Innovative. Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job

Do you have good mechanical skills? Do you have a keen interest in livestock, biology, and the environment? Are you in good health and love working outdoors? Then you may want to reap what you sow in a career as a farm worker or technician.