manager, farm

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 to 60 hours per week
• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Broiler and other meat-type chicken production
• Chicken farming
• Hog and pig farming
• Layer poultry farming
• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Other vegetables and melon farming (except potato)
• Dangerous
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Outdoors
• Experimental
• Harvest crops
• Horticultural field crop
• Livestock
• Potato and vegetable
• Poultry and egg production
• Tree and orchard fruit

Work setting

• Rural area
• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Tasks

• Brush collecting
• Budding trees
• Clipping
• Deleafing
• Feed inventory
• Fruit trees training
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Handling animals
• Harvesting seedlings
• Hoeing crops
• Monitoring animal health
• Permaculture
• Shoot positioning
• Soil fertility programs
• Stone and/or wood picking
• Suckering
• Tying
• Vegetable culling
• Weeding
• Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
• Manage overall operation of farm
• Organize and co-ordinate 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
• Establish marketing programs
• Maintain financial and production records
• Perform general farm duties
• Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers

Supervision

• 3-4 people
• Staff in various areas of responsibility

Type of crops

• Apples
• Artisanal crops
• Asparagus
• Bell peppers
• Blueberries
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Cauliflowers
• Cherries
• Cucumbers
• Field berries
• Garlic
• Grapes
• Melons
• Onions
• Raspberries
• Seed corn
• Strawberries
• Sweet corn
• Tomatoes
• Worms
• Zucchinis

Equipment and machinery experience

• Carrot seeder
• Onion seeder
• Automated irrigation system
• Egg gathering system
• Feeding and watering system
• Harvesters
• Tractor
• Truck

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Fast-paced environment
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Work under pressure
• Overtime required

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Green job

• Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
• Involves supporting green economy sectors

Financial benefits

• Bonus