farm supervisor

Location

Millgrove, ON | Canada

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• College/CEGEP
• or equivalent experience

Experience

Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Fruit and vegetable combination farming
• Hot

Work setting

• Rural area
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clipping
• Deleafing
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Lowering
• Mixing fertilizer
• Shoot positioning
• Suckering
• Vegetable culling
• Weeding
• Maintain financial and production records
• Negotiate with clients for provision of services
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Develop work schedules and establish procedures
• 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
• Hire and train staff
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties

Supervision

• More than 20 people

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate
• Pesticide Applicator's Licence

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Tomatoes

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated irrigation system
• Bulk handling system
• Feeding and watering system
• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor
• Forklift

Additional information

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
• Overtime required

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Team player

Job tags

Salary