farm supervisor
About the company
Recognized employer.
Your tasks
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for crop growth and development.
- Cut agricultural crops.
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots.
- Greenhouse cleaning.
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions.
- Mixing fertilizer.
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
- Oversee the activities of clearing the fields.
- Oversee the process of hoeing crops.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Seed cutting.
- Soil fertility programs.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Weeding.
- Maintain financial and production records.
- 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.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row.
Supervision More than 20 people.
Type of crops
- Apples.
- Artisanal crops.
- Asparagus.
- Bell peppers.
- Cabbage.
- Carrots.
- Cherries.
- Cucumbers.
- Herbs.
- Melons.
- Onions.
- Strawberries.
- Sweet corn.
- Tomatoes.
- Zucchinis.
Requirements
Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Asset languages
- Spanish; Castilian.
- Panjabi; Punjabi.
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation.
- Valid driver's licence.
- Drive manual transmission vehicle.
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
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
Screening questions Do you have experience working in this field?.
3 years to less than 5 years.
What we offer
Health benefits
- Dental plan.
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Paramedical services coverage.
- Vision care benefits.
Financial benefits Life insurance.
Other benefits
- Free parking available.
- Travel insurance.
Other
Work site environment
- Fruit and vegetable combination farming.
- Organic farming.
- Dusty.
- Hot.
- Noisy.
- Odours.
- Outdoors.
- Potato and vegetable.
Work setting Rural area.
Employment terms options
- Early morning.
Employment terms options Weekend.