Farm Foreman/woman

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
**Work site environment**:

- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Corn farming
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
- Outdoors
- Dairy
- Grain, oil and forage crop
- Livestock
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Staff accommodation available
**Tasks**:

- Calving
- Farm animal grooming
- Feed inventory
- Handling animals
- Livestock branding
- Monitoring animal health
- Soil fertility programs
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Maintain financial and production records
- 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
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
- 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
- Formulate feeding program
- Maintain livestock performance records
- Maintain quality control and production records
- Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Select livestock for sale
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- 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**:

- 1 to 2 people
**Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Automated manure handling or storage system
- Bulk handling system
- Feeding and watering system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Harvesters
- Milking system (automated)
- Storage and silage system
- Tractor
**Area of specialization**:

- Agricultural livestock service
- Cattle breeding
- Beef cattle
- Dairy cattle
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Overtime required
**Personal suitability**:

- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
**Long term benefits**:

- Other benefits