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Farm Supervisor
Employer
DR Land & Cattle LtdDate Posted
June 02, 2025Languages
English-
Location Esther, AB
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Earnings $24.00 to $28.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1 Vacancy
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Closing Date Jul 02, 2025
Employer
DR Land & Cattle Ltd
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
- Dusty
- Odours
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Rural area
- Remote location
- Relocation costs covered by employer
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Conduct artificial insemination and spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Direct farm feed inventory activities
- Handling animals
- Marking livestock as proof of ownership
- Monitor the calving process
- Monitoring animal health
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Treat livestock health issues
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Carry out a pasture or pen breeding programs
- 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 livestock performance records
- Select livestock for sale
- Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
- Maintain work records and logs
- Hire and train staff
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Perform general farm duties
Supervision
1 to 2 people
Equipment and machinery experience
- Automated irrigation system
- Automated manure handling or storage system
- Bulk handling system
- Feeding and watering system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Sprayer or duster
- Tractor
- Forklift
Area of specialization
- Cattle breeding
- Beef cattle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Overtime required
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site amenities
- On-site housing options
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Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in handling machinery and equipment; and in participating in the provision of services
- METHODICAL
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Interest in co-ordinating and maintaining financial and operational records; and in hiring and training workers
- innovative
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Interest in negotiating with farmers and farm managers regarding services
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