farm workers supervisor

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Other trades certificate or diploma
• or equivalent experience

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

• Hog and pig farming
• Hog management
• Other grain farming
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Outdoors
• Grain, oil and forage crop

Work setting

• Rural area
• Remote location
• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
• Handling animals
• Harvest seedlings
• Marking livestock as proof of ownership
• Mixing fertilizer
• Monitoring animal health
• Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
• Seed cutting
• Weeding
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
• Maintain work records and logs
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties
• Track and report on current feed inventory

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Fertilizer applicator
• Harvesters
• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service
• Swine

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player