farm foreman/woman

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Bachelor's degree

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

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
• Hay farming
• Livestock combination farming
• Other grain farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors
• Grain, oil and forage crop
• Livestock

Work setting

• Rural area
• Remote location
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Conduct artificial insemination and spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for crop growth and development
• Cut agricultural crops
• Develop specific plans to prioritize
• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Direct farm feed inventory activities
• Direct farm grooming activities
• Handling animals
• Implement soil fertility programs
• Marking livestock as proof of ownership
• Monitor the calving process
• Monitoring animal health
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Oversee the process of hoeing crops
• Soil fertility programs
• Treat livestock health issues
• Weeding
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Maintain financial and production records
• 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
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Select livestock for sale
• Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
• Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
• Train horses
• Maintain work records and logs
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties
• Develop marketing strategies
• Shear the sheep
• Analyze data

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Harvesters
• Seed drill
• Storage and silage system
• Tractor
• Forklift

Area of specialization

• Agricultural livestock service
• Cattle breeding
• Cattle genomics
• Agricultural crop service
• Beef cattle
• Dairy cattle

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Personal suitability

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

Benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• On-site housing options
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available