Farm Worker

Work description

Job duties include but are not limited to: Feeding, watering, herding, castrating, branding, weighing, catching, and loading animals Examining animals to detect diseases and injuries Assisting in birthing, administering medications, vaccinations, or insecticides Assist in herding animals to pastures for grazing or to scales, farm trucks or other enclosures Hauling feed from trailers to animals Cutting, raking, baling, hauling, stacking, and storing hay Maintaining winter animal housing areas; using diggers, shovels and other equipment needed Segregating animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition Marking livestock to identify ownership and grade using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos Mixing feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions Moving equipment or livestock from one location to another manually or using farm trucks or carts Ongoing maintenance includes cleaning, maintaining and repair of equipment, various workshop tasks as well as maintenance of fences, feedlot pens, water tanks, and feed equipment. Use of various farm and cattle specific farming equipment, which includes the operation of feed trucks, payloaders, semi – truck and tractors.