FARM WORKERS SUPERVISOR

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Develop specific plans to prioritize
• Direct agricultural crops deleafing activities
• Direct farm grooming activities
• Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
• Implement soil fertility programs
• Mixing fertilizer
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Oversee the activities of clearing the fields
• Oversee the process of hoeing crops
• Train seed cutting techniques to farm labourers
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• 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
• 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

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Blueberries

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated irrigation system
• Fertilizer applicator
• Harvesters
• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor
• Vegetable or fruit harvester

Additional information

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

Personal suitability

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

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities
• On-site housing options

• Overview

  Languages

  English

  Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

  Experience

  1 year to less than 2 years

  On site

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

  Work site environment

  • Floriculture production
  • Fruit and vegetable combination farming
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Outdoors

  Work setting

  • Staff accommodation available
  • Staff accommodation provided