Farm Manager - Montréal, Canada - Ferme Grazing Days Farm
Ferme Grazing Days Farm
Montréal, Canada
Verified Company
1 week ago
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English or French
- Hours: 30 to 50 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 5 years or more
Asset languages:
- Dutch; Flemish
Work site environment:
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Broiler and other meattype chicken production
- Chicken farming
- Hay farming
- Hog and pig farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Organic farming
- Other miscellaneous crop farming
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Livestock
- Poultry and egg production
- Wet/damp
Work setting:
- Rural area
Tasks:
- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Permaculture
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
- Manage overall operation of farm
- Organize and coordinate planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities; raising and breeding of livestock and poultry
- Purchase machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies
- Determine the amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised
- Maintain financial and production records
- Perform general farm duties
- Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Feed and tend animals
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Grading
Equipment and machinery experience:
- Seed drill
- Tractor
- Manure spreader
- Haying equipment
- Forage equipment
Area of work experience:
- Project planning
- Farm management
Security and safety:
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information:
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Handling heavy loads
- Walking
Personal suitability:
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Screening questions:
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Green job:
- Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
- Involves supporting green economy sectors
- Requires specialized environmental skills or knowledge
Other benefits:
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Onsite housing options
