Performs any of the following tasks to attend to livestock: Maintain heated watering system. Operate snow removal equipment in order to operate feed wagons. Truck hay for livestock. Mix feed and additives, fill feed troughs with feed and water for livestock. Remove ice formed in water. Examine animals to detect diseases and injuries. Drive to town to pick up feed. Vaccinate animals by placing vaccine in drinking water or feed using syringes and hypodermic needles. Apply medications to cuts and bruises. Spray livestock with insecticide. Confine livestock in stalls. Wash and clip cows to prepare them for calving. Assist veterinarian in delivery of offspring. Bind or clamp testes or surgically remove testes to castrate livestock. Clip identifying notches or symbols on animal, or brand animal, using branding iron, to indicate ownership. Clean livestock stalls and sheds, using disinfectant solutions, brushes and shovels. Maintain buildings and equipment used for livestock. Maintain breeding, feeding and costs records. Sort various grades of cattle for example: A-grades, B-grades, C-grades and sick cattle. Handling of sick cattle with different kinds of medicine depending on what sickness it is. Processing of new cattle coming in to backgrounding area. Feeding of cattle with different feed rations. The mixing of different feeds. Maintenance on the whole feedlot and the feeding equipment. The cleaning of all the cattle pens and bedding the cattle pens. Checking that all the feeding bunks and water tanks are cleaned and filled with fresh food and water daily, etc.
Employment period: Dec 1, 2026 – May 31, 2027
