Location: Smoky Lake, AB
Seasonal, On-site, 40 hours per week Indigenous-inclusive employer Training providedNo experience neededBenefits listed Posted 6 days ago, via Job Bank
Indigenous-inclusive employer
Swine Herdsperson
$19.00 – $24.00/hour
East Coulee, AB +1 more
Contract, On-site, 50 hours per week, 15 openings.
The opportunity
- Status
- Active until cancelled
- Location
- East Coulee, AB +1 more
- Employment
- Contract, 50 hours per week
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Openings
- 15
- Experience
- 1 year to less than 2 years
- Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Job description
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
Tasks
- Boar semen collection
- 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
- Weaning
- Perform general farm duties
- Manage overall operation of farm
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
Supervision
- 3-4 people
- 1 to 2 people
Equipment and machinery experience
- Feeding and watering system
- Tractor
- Hand tools
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- 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
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for youths
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment 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
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
Requirements
Languages: English
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is not available
- 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
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
- Initiative
- Values and ethics
Who can apply
- Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada
- other candidates, with or without a valid Canadian work permit
Benefits
Health benefits
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site housing options
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Transportation provided by employer
Work locations
Where you’ll work, at 2 locations.
- East Coulee, AB (primary) Open in Google Maps
- Acme, AB Open in Google Maps
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The employer
Who this posting welcomes
Indigenous-inclusive employer
The employer indicated on this posting that they welcome applications from Indigenous people.
- Industry
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Based in
- Rimbey, AB
Also open at Sunterra Farms Ltd.
See Sunterra Farms Ltd.’s profileApplying
This opportunity is applied for on the employer’s own platform.
- Posted
- Published for
- 8 days
- Vacancies
- 15
- Category
- Agriculture & Farming
- Industry
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Languages
- English
- NOC
- 84120
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