farm supervisor

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Work site environment:

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots.
• Dusty.
• Odours.
• Livestock.

Work setting:

Rural area. Staff accommodation provided.

Tasks:

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
• Direct farm feed inventory activities .
• Handling animals.
• Monitor the calving process.
• Monitoring animal health.
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures.
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers.
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
• Formulate feeding program.
• Maintain livestock performance records.
• Select livestock for sale.
• Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs.
• Maintain work records and logs.

Area of specialization:

Beef cattle.

Experience:

7 months to less than 1 year.

Other benefits:

Transportation provided by employer.