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Swine Technician needed in Canada by Huntingfield Farms Ltd.
Swine technicians may be involved in all aspects of hog production. They may specialize in a particular area such as breeding, farrowing, nursery, or finishing.
Job details
- Location: 515 Maitland Ave South Listowel, ONN4W 2M7
- Salary: $17.00HOUR hourly for 40 to 60 hours per week
- Terms of employment: Permanent employment
Full time - Day, Evening, Early Morning, Morning
- Start date: Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies: 4 vacancies
Duties vary from one position to another. In general, swine technicians monitor the health and well-being of pigs. To do this, they:
- Recognize and treat health problems in pigs
- Ensure that water is available and pigs are fed the correct amount and type of feed
- Monitor barn environments, including temperature and air movement
- Ensure humane handling, such as moving animals to other barn locations in a low-stress manner
- Carry out breeding and artificial insemination
- Help with births
- Euthanize animals when necessary
- Dock tails and clip teeth
- Wean, weigh, and sort pigs
- Administer vaccinations and other preventive treatments
- Load hogs for transport
- Use high-pressure washer systems to clean barns
- Maintain equipment and buildings
- Keep paper and electronic records of data such as births, weight gains, health treatments, and breeding dates
- Perform general farm duties
Swine technicians may supervise farm labourers.
Job requirements
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
No experience
- Specific Skills
- Feed and tend animals; Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; Monitoring animal health
- Area of Specialization
- Swine
- Type of Farm Operations
- Hog and pig farming; Hog management
- Work Site Environment
- Odours
- Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Physically demanding; Attention to detail; Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Work Location Information
- Rural area
- Specialized Livestock Workers Specific Skills
- Processing pig litters
- Personal Suitability
- Team player; Organized
How to apply
By email
listowelswinefarming@gmail.com
Advertised until
2021-09-19
Intended job posting audience
Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
