Animal Attendant I
Full-time Permanent
Apply by: June 28, 2023
Email resume to: Tatjana.ometlic@usask.ca
Prairie Swine Centre is a non-profit swine production research organization affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan and located 10 km southeast of Saskatoon. We offer a nationally and internationally recognized program in research, knowledge transfer and education all directed at the efficiency and sustainability of pork production. The Centre operates a 300-sow farrow-to-finish research herd and currently employs approximately 35 full and part-time staff and students.
This position is responsible for the day-to-day animal management in Prairie Swine Centre’s breeding, gestation, farrowing and nursery barns and the finishing facility. The regular work week is Friday to Tuesday with Wednesday and Thursday as days off. Prairie Swine Centre offers a competitive salary and benefits package.
Specific responsibilities include:
Objective 1
To promote the highest possible level of production at PSC in all areas of the facility.
- Provide day-to-day care of animals in breeding, gestation, farrowing, and nursery as well as in grow-finish. Includes the maintenance of a desirable environment, feeding of animals and the monitoring feed and water usage, feed spillage and animal treatment as required.
- Assisting Research Scientists and technicians in data acquisition such as weighing animals, feeds, etc. as well as assistance in other sample collections.
- Assist with marketing animals by weighing and loading animals at the time of market.
Maintain general good housekeeping and be involved with power washing and disinfecting rooms after each room turn.
Objective 2
To keep the health status of the PSC herd at a high level.
- To assure that all security protocols are followed in terms of animals, equipment and personnel movement both in and outside PSC.
Objective 3
To maintain the physical facilities of PSC at an acceptable level of service and function.
- To observe and report to the Manager – Operations all major maintenance and renovation
requirements associated with your area of production. To perform minor maintenance in association with your area of production.
Objective 4
To maintain accurate records as well as collect and record data.
Objective 5
To assist the Manager – Operations in ensuring a safe workplace.\
- To demonstrate safe work practices through example
To ensure facilities and equipment contribute to a safe workplace.
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