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Start Date: As soon as possible
Hours: 50 Hours/week
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full-time, Day, Weekend
Type of Farm Operations : Livestock
Skills:
-Ability to Supervise16-20 people, Staff in various areas of responsibility
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:
Work under pressure, Attention to detail, Bending, crouching, kneeling,Fast-paced environment, Physically demanding, Large workload, Tight deadlines
Work Location Information: Rural area
Work Site Environment: Dusty, Outdoors
Personal Suitability:
Team player, Initiative, Judgement, Flexibility, Excellent written communication, Effective interpersonal skills, Excellent oral communication, Values and ethics, Organized
Equipment and Machinery Experience:
Tractor, Truck, Storage and silage system, Feeding and watering system,Harvesters, Automated irrigation system, Sprayer or duster, Fertilizer applicator
Specific Skills:
- Organize and co-ordinate planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities;
- Raising and breeding of livestock;
- Purchase machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies;
- Manage overall operation of farm
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings,
- Determine the amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised;
- Perform general farm duties,
- Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers
Education:
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate or equivalent experience
Experience:
- 3 years to less than 5 years
Languages: Workplace Language is English
Benefits:
- Disability Benefits
- Medical Benefits
- Dental Benefits
- Group Insurance Benefits
- Life Insurance Benefits
- RRSP Benefits
- Vision Care Benefits
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $80,000.00 /year
Land Location: NW 26-5-20 W2
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Specific Skills
- Raise and breed livestock and poultry
- Purchase machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies
- Plant, cultivate and harvest crops
- Manage Overall Operation Of Farm
- Maintain Farm Machinery, Equipment And Buildings
- Hire And Supervise Farm Workers
- Determine amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised
Type of Equipment
- Truck
- Tractor
- Storage and silage system
- Manure handling or storage system
- Feeding and watering system
Type of Farm Operations
- Livestock