Farm Supervisor

Work site environment

• Broiler and other meat-type chicken production
• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Outdoors
• Horticultural field crop
• Poultry and egg production

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
• Handling animals
• Harvest seedlings
• Mixing fertilizer
• Monitoring animal health
• Weeding
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties
• Cut horticultural crops
• Apply the technique of hoeing between the row
• Clear fields of wood and stones

Supervision

• More than 20 people

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Blueberries
• Cabbage
• Cauliflowers
• Melons
• Raspberries
• Zucchinis

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Harvesters
• Tractor
• Vegetable or fruit harvester
• Forklift

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service
• Poultry

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player