Farm manager
Pasture Delights Inc. Chilliwack, British Columbia
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Hay farming
- Hog and pig farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Organic farming
- Sheep farming
- Dusty
- Outdoors
- Berries
- Livestock
- Potato and vegetable
- Tree and orchard fruit
- Rural area
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for crop growth and development
- Coordinate planting and cultivating activities
- Develop a hoeing strategy for crops
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
- Direct agricultural crops clipping activities
- Direct farm grooming activities
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Handling animals
- Harvest seedlings
- Implement soil fertility programs
- Implement sustainable gardening trends such as permaculture practices
- Level earth to fine grade specifications
- Manage feed inventory activities
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Organize planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities
- Prepare a clean, dry area for cows that are calving
- Raise and breed livestock and poultry
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
- Weeding
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
- Manage overall operation of farm
- Purchase machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies
- Establish marketing programs
- Maintain financial and production records
- Perform general farm duties
- Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers
- 5-10 people
- Native plants
- Apples
- Blueberries
- Carrots
- Cucumbers
- Garlic
- Grapes
- Onions
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes
- Worms
- Zucchinis
- Automated manure handling or storage system
- Feeding and watering system
- Milking system (automated)
- Tractor
- Truck
- Cattle breeding
- Cattle genomics
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- 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
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Evening
- 2 years to less than 3 years
- Morning
- On call
- Day
- Weekend
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
Salary: $30.00 hourly
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