farm supervisor - Essex, Canada - Upper Canada Growers Ltd.

Description

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 37.5 to 60 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors
• Tree and orchard fruit

Work setting

• Rural area
• Willing to relocate

Tasks

• Budding trees
• Deleafing
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Tie and secure plants
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• 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
• 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
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties

Supervision

• 5-10 people

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated irrigation system
• Feeding and watering system
• Fertilizer applicator
• Harvesters
• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor
• Vegetable or fruit harvester
• Forklift

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Large workload
• Overtime required

Own tools/equipment

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

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?