Lightfoot Farms is hiring
Farm Supervisor with LMIA

Languages

• English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

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.

Asset languages

• Spanish

Tasks

• 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
• Cut agricultural crops
• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Direct agricultural crops deleafing activities
• Direct farm feed inventory activities
• Direct farm grooming activities
• Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions
• Handling animals
• Implement soil fertility programs
• Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
• Monitoring animal health
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Oversee the process of hoeing crops
• Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
• Soil fertility programs
• Tie and secure plants
• Treat livestock health issues
• 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
• Formulate feeding program
• 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

Supervision

• 11-15 people

Type of crops

• Grapes

Equipment and machinery experience

• Egg gathering system
• Feeding and watering system
• Fertilizer applicator
• Sprayer or duster
• Tractor

Area of specialization

• Agricultural crop service
• Poultry

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

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

Other benefits

• On-site housing options