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Farm Supervisor

Employer

DR Land & Cattle Ltd

Date Posted

June 02, 2025
Updated June 02, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Esther, AB
  • Earnings $24.00 to $28.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jul 02, 2025
Job Requirements

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 & Abilities
The Farm Supervisor is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in handling machinery and equipment; and in participating in the provision of services

METHODICAL

Interest in co-ordinating and maintaining financial and operational records; and in hiring and training workers

innovative

Interest in negotiating with farmers and farm managers regarding services

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The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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