farm supervisor

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Bachelor's degree
• or equivalent experience
• Agricultural animal breeding
• Animal health
• Animal sciences, other
• Veterinary/animal health technology/technician and veterinary assistant

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Livestock combination farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Livestock
• Farm

Work setting

• Rural area
• Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Conduct artificial insemination and spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Develop specific plans to prioritize
• Direct farm grooming activities
• Handling animals
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
• 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

• 1 to 2 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Fertilizer applicator
• Tractor
• Forklift

Area of specialization

• Agricultural livestock service
• Cattle breeding

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Leadership

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus