Livestock Labourer

Work site environment

• Hay farming
• Other grain farming
• Outdoors
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Horse breeding

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Clear fields of wood and stones
• Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform animal grooming activities
• Perform livestock feeding
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Harvest crops
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Train horses
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
• Perform general farm duties
• Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Assist with inoculation and treatment of animals

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Seed drill
• Tractor
• Farm truck
• Haying equipment
• Loader
• Planting equipment
• Skidsteer
• Hand tools

Area of specialization

• Agricultural livestock service
• Horses

Animal specialization

• Thoroughbred horses

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sound discrimination
• Sitting
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Quick learner