farm supervisor

4 weeks ago

Picture Butte, Canada Grandview Cattle Feeders Ltd. Full time
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: 2 years to less than 3 yearsWork site environment
  • Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
  • Hay farming
  • Other grain farming
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Outdoors
  • LivestockWork setting
  • Rural areaTasks
  • Handling animals
  • Monitoring animal health
  • Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
  • Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
  • Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
  • Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
  • Maintain livestock performance records
  • Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
  • Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Perform general farm dutiesSupervision
  • 1 to 2 peopleEquipment and machinery experience
  • Automated irrigation system
  • Automated manure handling or storage system
  • Feeding and watering system
  • Fertilizer applicator
  • Harvesters
  • Seed drill
  • Sprayer or duster
  • Tractor
  • Forklift
  • Haying equipmentArea of specialization
  • Agricultural livestock service
  • Agricultural crop serviceWork conditions and physical capabilities
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walkingPersonal suitability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Team playerHealth benefits
  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefitsSupport for newcomers and refugees
  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) Support for Indigenous people
  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
  • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers Supports for visible minorities
  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities