Skills Labourer, Livestock near Rimouski (QC)

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a labourer, livestock in Canada. These skills are applicable to all General farm workers (NOC 85100).

Tasks

  • Boar semen collection
  • Brush collecting
  • Budding trees
  • Calving
  • Cattle exhibition
  • Cattle training
  • Christmas tree shearing
  • Cleaning crop
  • Clipping
  • Deleafing
  • Farm animal grooming
  • Feed inventory
  • Fruit trees training
  • Grading
  • Greenhouse cleaning
  • Hand harvesting vegetables
  • Handling animals
  • Harvesting seedlings
  • Hoeing crops
  • Livestock branding
  • Lowering
  • Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
  • Milking goats
  • Mixing fertilizer
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Permaculture
  • Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
  • Processing pig litters
  • Reining
  • Seed cutting
  • Shearing with knife
  • Shoot positioning
  • Show horse preparation
  • Soil fertility programs
  • Stone and/or wood picking
  • Suckering
  • Tying
  • Vegetable culling
  • Vertical farming system
  • Weaning
  • Weeding
  • Fertilize and spray crops
  • Harvest crops
  • Feed and tend animals
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Milk cows
  • Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
  • Apiary work
  • Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
  • Examine produce for quality and prepare for market
  • Write daily basic progress reports
  • Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials Help - Handling Goods and Materials
  • Loading and Unloading
  • Sorting
Building Help - Building
  • Restoring and Repairing
Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles Help - Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles
  • Operating Stationary Industrial Equipment
  • Operating Mobile Equipment
  • Mechanical Installing, Maintaining and Repairing
Service and Care Help - Service and Care
  • Cleaning and House/Shop Keeping
  • Tending to Daily Needs
Communication Help - Communication
  • Advising and Consulting
  • Liaising and Networking
Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Processing Information
Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Inspecting and Testing
  • Analyzing Information
  • Examining and Diagnosing

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production Help - Manufacturing and Production
  • Food Production and Agriculture
Law and Public Safety Help - Law and Public Safety
  • Public Safety and Security
Mathematics and Science Help - Mathematics and Science
  • Biology
Engineering and Technology Help - Engineering and Technology
  • Mechanics and Machinery
  • Building and Construction
Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Client Service
  • Business Administration
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