Farm supervisor

Clearview Horticultural Products Inc; Electoral Area A; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan

Job summary

Clearview Horticultural Products Inc is seeking a supervisor for our horticultural fields and greenhouse operations. You will direct farm grooming activities, organize tasks, and oversee seed cutting and training of labourers to maintain productivity.

Join a team of 11-15 workers, ensure safety and bio-security procedures, maintain logs, and operate farm machinery while meeting tight deadlines in a dusty, outdoor environment.

Qualifications

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate or equivalent experience.
• 2 years to less than 3 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct farm grooming activities
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Seed cutting
• Train seed cutting techniques to farm labourers
• Coordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• 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

Skills

Team player

Organized

Education

Secondary school diploma

Job description

OVERVIEW

LANGUAGES

English

EDUCATION

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE

2 years to less than 3 years

ON SITE

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

WORK SITE ENVIRONMENT

• Floriculture production
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours
• Outdoors
• Horticultural field crop

WORK SETTING

• Staff accommodation available

RESPONSIBILITIES

TASKS

• Direct farm grooming activities
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Seed cutting
• Train seed cutting techniques to farm labourers
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• 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

• 11-15 people

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALIZATION

TYPE OF PRODUCT

• Ferns
• Perennials

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

• Organized
• Team player

BENEFITS

HEALTH BENEFITS

• Health care plan