Farm manager
VINCA FARMS LIMITED
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
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.
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The employer stated that this position is a green job, because it involves tasks and responsibilities contributing to positive environmental outcomes and helping Canada achieve its net-zero target.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for crop growth and development
- Coordinate planting and cultivating activities
- Direct agricultural crops clipping activities
- Direct agricultural crops deleafing activities
- Direct farm grooming activities
- Implement soil fertility programs
- Organize planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
- Manage overall operation of farm
- Establish marketing programs
- Maintain financial and production records
- Recruit, hire and supervise staff and/or volunteers
Supervision
- 16-20 people
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Garlic
Equipment and machinery experience
- Automated irrigation system
- Feeding and watering system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Storage and silage system
- Tractor
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Physically demanding
- Work under pressure
- Overtime required
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities