Farm Animal Care Associate
Jan C Gawthrop Dvm Pc
- North Manchester, IN
- $16.00-18.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Flexible Spending Account - Dependant Care
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Vacation
- Simple IRA with matching
- Clothing Allowance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Tuition assistance
- Be at work on time on scheduled days ready to contribute.
- Adhere to Confidentiality Agreements
- Follow CalfCare Biosecurity Policies, Animal Welfare Policies, Safety Policies/Procedures, and other protocols as needed.
- Perform animal husbandry tasks as needed/directed, including feeding cattle and calves, administering feed supplements and medications, mixing milk replacer, assuring fresh water is available to all animals, maintaining animal bedding and housing, caring for sick animals and reporting problems to appropriate personnel.
- Gather animals, biological samples, and specimens (Swabs, bloods, tissues) as needed.
- Keep detailed records and adhere to proper formatting of documentation as directed.
- Build, set up, tear down, and repair new and existing pads, group pens, fences, hutches, and paneling as directed.
- Clean/sanitize barns, animal trailers/trucks, sampling equipment, hutches/panels, feeding equipment such as milk mixer, bottles and bottle nipples, feed and water buckets.
- Operate a skid loader to load/unload feedstuffs, move equipment, clean the barn yard, pile the barn bedding and prepare for the next group.
- Assist and organize sample collection and animal processing (weights, biological samples, data capture) – at CalfCare facilities and client barns for commercial projects - when necessary.
- Perform other duties as directed by the Director, Assistant Director, or other members of CalfCare management/ownership.
- Additional duties may include assisting the professional veterinary staff in client barns/facilities, shipping/receiving, product delivery to clients, general office clerical work.