farm supervisor

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

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

• Chicken farming
• Hog and pig farming
• Layer poultry farming
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours

Work setting

• Rural area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Direct farm feed inventory activities
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Perform pig littering activities such as clipping needle teeth, docking tails, administering iron and other medication(s), identification of piglets, and castration
• Treat livestock health issues
• Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain livestock performance records
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Select livestock for sale
• Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
• Maintain work records and logs
• Hire and train staff
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automated manure handling or storage system
• Bulk handling system
• Egg gathering system
• Feeding and watering system
• Tractor
• Forklift
• Skidder
• Farm truck

Area of specialization

• Poultry
• Swine

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Large workload

Personal suitability

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

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage