farm supervisor

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

5 years or more

On site

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

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Tree and orchard fruit

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Mixing fertilizer
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Tie and secure plants
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Weeding
• 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
• Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce, livestock and poultry
• Fertilize and spray crops
• Apply fertilizers
• Examine product for quality and its readiness for the market
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Clean work area
• Grade vegetables and fruits into different grades according to the size, shape, colour and volume to fetch high price in market.
• Sort fruits and vegetables
• Pack fruits and vegetables

Experience and specialization

Type of crops

• Apples
• Orchard fruit

Type of heavy equipment operated

• Loader

Equipment and machinery experience

• Fertilizer applicator
• Tractor
• Forklift
• Planting equipment

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Reliability

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Other benefits

• On-site housing options