farm manager
Your tasks
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for crop growth and development.
- Coordinate planting and cultivating activities.
- Cultivate on vertical farming system.
- Direct agricultural crops clipping activities .
- Direct agricultural crops deleafing activities.
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots.
- Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops.
- Greenhouse cleaning.
- Harvest seedlings.
- Implement soil fertility programs.
- Implement sustainable gardening trends such as permaculture practices.
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes.
- Mixing fertilizer.
- Organize planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities.
- Oversee the activities of clearing the fields.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Seed cutting.
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife.
- Supervise staff in shoots positioning and seed cutting.
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality.
- Weeding.
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings.
- Purchase machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies.
- Determine the amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Supervise staff.
Supervision 11-15 people.
Type of crops
- Apples.
- Cherries.
- Grapes.
- Seed corn.
Area of specialization Nursery or greenhouse.
Requirements
Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses Chemical application certificate or licence.
Technical experience Soil analysis.
Equipment and machinery experience
- Turf grass harvester.
- Automated irrigation system.
- Fertilizer applicator.
- Harvesters.
- Sprayer or duster.
- Tractor.
- Truck.
Transportation/travel information Drive manual transmission vehicle.
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Team player.
5 years or more.
What we offer
On-site housing options.
How to apply
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Other
Work setting Rural area.
Security and safety
- Criminal record check.
- Driver's validity licence check.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Large workload.
- Manual dexterity.
- Physically demanding.
- Standing for extended periods.