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Dairy Herdsperson

Employer

Lakeside Dairy Ltd

Date Posted

April 25, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Duagh, AB
  • Earnings $20.00 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 35 to 45 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 09, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Lakeside Dairy Ltd

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Odours
  • Dairy

Work setting

Rural area

Tasks

  • Monitor the calving process
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Track and report on current feed inventory
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
  • Formulate feeding program
  • Maintain livestock performance records
  • Maintain quality control and production records
  • Milk cows
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Maintain work records and logs
  • Perform general farm duties

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Milking system (automated)
  • Tractor

Area of specialization

Dairy cattle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Large workload

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Dairy Herdsperson is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in handling machinery and equipment; and in participating in the provision of services

METHODICAL

Interest in co-ordinating and maintaining financial and operational records; and in hiring and training workers

innovative

Interest in negotiating with farmers and farm managers regarding services

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Interest Codes

Specialized Livestock Workers
METHODICAL

Interest in handling equipment to perform general farm duties; and in maintaining livestock performance records and in training horses

INNOVATIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to formulate feeding programs

directive

Interest in supervising feeding, health and breeding programs; may supervise general farm workers and harvesting labourers

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

Learn About Interests

Learn More

Abilities

Compared to my abilities

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

Typical ability expectations for this job
Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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