Farm Supervisor

Work site environment

• Hog and pig farming
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Outdoors
• Horticultural field crop
• Livestock

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Direct farm feed inventory activities
• Handling animals
• Implement soil fertility programs
• Monitoring animal health
• Oversee the activities of clearing the fields
• Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
• Soil fertility programs
• Tie and secure plants
• 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
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Select livestock for sale
• Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
• Maintain work records and logs
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated manure handling or storage system
• Feeding and watering system
• Tractor
• Forklift

Area of specialization

• Agricultural livestock service
• Agricultural crop service
• Swine

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player