Farm Labourer – Hog & Pig Farming

About the role

Join Verkuyl Farms Limited as a Farm Labourer working on a hog and pig operation in Woodstock, ON. You will be part of a fast‑paced, physically demanding environment where attention to detail and teamwork are essential.

Key responsibilities

• Disinfect pens, barns and poultry houses and maintain clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
• Handle animals, monitor animal health and perform livestock feeding.
• Carry out pig‑littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medications, identifying piglets and castration.
• Wean piglets and feed and tend to animals throughout the day.
• Detect disease and health problems in livestock and set and monitor water lines, airflow and temperature in barns, pens and coops.

Required profile

• Physically demanding, fast‑paced work requiring heavy lifting, repetitive tasks and the ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, crouch and kneel.
• Organized team player with good hand‑eye coordination, able to work in dusty, noisy, wet/damp conditions.

Required skills

• Feeding and watering system operation.
• Automated environmental control equipment operation.