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Veterinary Medical Receptionist @ Olds College
Blend your enthusiasm for animals with your skills in Office Administration through this new certificate program. Olds College has created the Veterinary Medical Receptionist program to satisfy a significant need for skilled office personnel in an animal service setting. In a fast-paced animal health office, the person managing the office is as vital as the veterinarian.
Equine Science @ Olds College
Your passion for horses could put you on the fast track to a successful future doing what you love. Right now, Canada’s horse related businesses are looking for trained individuals who can provide skill and expertise in all facets of the equine industry.
Animal Health Technology @ Olds College
If you have a passion for animals and enjoy working with people, our Animal Health Technology diploma program can put you on the right track to your dream job.
Elanco Animal Health
Elanco Animal Health is a global research-based company who develops, manufactures and markets proprietary products to producers to improve the health of animals.
Orijen, Pet Foods
Located in the heart of Alberta’s prairie farmlands,Champion Pet Foods is a reputable producer of high quality dog and cat foods that are exported worldwide since 1975.
The Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Education, the primary function, embraces undergraduate teaching in veterinary medicine and related disciplines. Formal graduate study toward M.Sc. or Ph.D. degrees or diplomas, and residency training programs are becoming increasingly important. Additionally, as in many fields, rapid advances in knowledge and techniques necessitate continuing education programs for the graduate veterinarian; this is a recently recognized addition to the educational function of universities.
Horses & Horse Information
Horses & Horse Information has hundreds of equine articles that many horse owners, riders and breeders can enjoy reading as an information resource. New informative horse articles are being written on a regular basis by the most experienced horse professionals in the world.
University of Calgary | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary – Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) is Canada’s fifth accredited veterinary college. Students at UCVM will receive a comprehensive veterinary education, with enhanced educational opportunities in four areas of emphasis: production animal health, public and ecosystem health, equine health and investigative medicine.
Pfizer Animal Health
Pfizer Animal Health is a core business of Pfizer Inc and reflects Pfizer’s commitment to serving the total health-care continuum that begins with the simplest caring for human and animal wellness and ends with the most sophisticated medicines delivered to doctors, veterinarians and their human and animal patients.
AgCareers.com
Started in 1998, the AgCareers.com business has grown and improved to become the leading recruitment website in the field of agriculture. As the leading career site serving the needs of the agriculture, food, natural resources and biotechnology industries, AgCareers.com offers employers an attractive opportunity to leverage their recruiting efforts.
Bestard Agricultural Placements
Bestard Agricultural Placements (BAP) was established in 1990 to provide specialized recruiting services to the Canadian agribusiness market.
Toxicologist
Catherine Italiano lives and works in the city, but her job focuses on farms. As a toxicologist, she studies “livestock feed”; the food given to farm animals. Her job is to make sure the food is safe for animals, for any humans who eat meat, milk or eggs from those animals and for the environment.
Animal Care Technician
Catherine Bone never wanted a desk job. She’s happy every morning putting on heavy rubber boots to go to work, where she keeps 30 000 salmon healthy so that her company, Aqua Health, can test experimental vaccines on them.
Research and Development Veterinarian
Reproduction technology has always fascinated Daniel Bousquet. “It’s amazing to be able to create a new being, to manipulate life.” Trained as a veterinarian, he now works as Director of Research and Development for L’Alliance Boviteq, a small company specialising in bovine reproduction.
Poultry Health Services
Poultry Health Services’ goal is to provide innovative solutions for the commercial poultry industry by using scientific and evidence-based medicine to improve bird health, profitability, and welfare. The veterinary and production services are based on diagnostics and holistic system analysis to identify problems and find cost-effective means to manage and prevent disease.
General Farm Worker (Laying Operation / Hatchery)
Daily routines include feeding, watering, daily collection of hatching eggs and the overseeing of the breeding flock. Workers monitor feed inventory, maintain standards of efficiency and bio-security, maintain and update flock records and statistics, implement health programs, and are familiar with WHIMIS regulations.
Turkey Farm Technician
Will be responsible for all aspects of the turkey growing operation, including: operating, maintaining and repairing all poultry farm equipment, care of flock, checking water, feed, culling, record keeping, and reporting results.
Supervisor Turkey Breeder
The manager/supervisor works under the Director of Operations supervising all aspects of turkey hatching egg production. Job duties include implementing vaccination and health programs, insemination and tom milking techniques, and working towards the production of top quality eggs while respecting company standards, government regulations, and the highest bio-security standards.
Poultry Manager
Poultry managers are responsible for maintaining and cleaning barns, for setting up and looking after the raising of chicks, pressure washing and some heavy lifting. Communication, decision making and problem solving skills will be required.
General Labourer / Equestrian
On a horse farm a general labourer performs a variety of duties including some of the following: routine cleaning and maintenance of barn, feeding and watering, administering medication under the supervision of barn manager, lead training yearlings in the walking ring, grooming and cleaning of horses, hoof care, assistance with breeding programs, assistance with foaling, care of pregnant mares and foals.
Farrow to Finish Production Technician
Regular maintenance of routine clean-up, waste handling, feeding, watering, moving swine, weaning, monitoring weight gains. Swine Health, i.e., performing routine health inspections and recognizing signs of disorder, handling and possibly administering medications and vaccines, recognizing related farrowing problems and providing assistance.
Dairy Herdsperson
Duties include: ordering of supplies and feed, day to day management of the herd, complete record keeping, pedigree records, herd health records and breeding , monitoring of milk records according to feed rationing and adjustment updating of computer feeders. The Herdsman will also perform artificial insemination (AI) in consultation with owner, and arrange regular herd health visits with a veterinarian. Herdsperson may supervise or perform 2 milkings a day.
Ranch Hand – Cowgirl or Cowboy
Working under the direction of a Ranch Foreman or Ranch Owner, main duties include: feeding and tending livestock, operation and maintenance of farm machinery, cleaning barns and pens, branding, and dehorning, fenceline (repair) and rangeland patrol either on motorcycle, horse, or truck, planting, irrigating and harvesting crops.
Ranch Foreman
The Foreman runs day to day operation of the ranch. Tasks include: supervision of ranch employees, basic accounting, livestock feeding, maintaining high quality herd health, breeding programs, branding, operation and maintenance of farm machinery and equipment. During calving season heifers (first time mothers) and cows require 24 hour monitoring, shift work shared by all employees.
Animal Health Technologist
Many Animal Health Technologists will be found working in a private veterinary clinic where they generally enjoy a variety of responsibilities. However, because of the diversity of training and skills, an Animal Health Technologist may be employed in many other areas of the animal health industry
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The Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta (ACREA) recruits for a wide variety of positions at member associations throughout Alberta, and is always interested in hearing from candidates with relevant backgrounds.
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The North Peace Applied Research Association’s mission is to serve farmers in MD #22 and MD #23 and meet the special needs that result from the unique climatic, geographic and soil conditions in that area.
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