Upper Canada Growers Ltd. is hiring
Farm Supervisor with LMIA

Work site environment

• Other miscellaneous crop farming
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors
• Tree and orchard fruit

Work setting

• Rural area
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for crop growth and development
• Greenhouse cleaning
• Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
• Harvest seedlings
• Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Seed cutting
• Tie and secure plants
• Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
• Weeding
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• 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
• Budding trees

Supervision

• 5-10 people

Experience and specialization

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Large workload
• Overtime required

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Variable or compressed work week